Sexual Health - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Randox Laboratories

Randox Laboratories

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sexual Health & Vaccination Nurse - Liverpool - (
Job Ref: 23/SVXL)

Shift Times:
- Week

Tuesday , Wednesday, , and Thursday

Week - Monday , Wednesday , and Saturday

_This role will involve working between our clinics in Liverpool and Manchester. A rota / schedule will be provided._

The Role:

Provide information to patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection: how they are acquired, transmitted, and treated. Also to stress the importance of medical treatment followup.
Provide education and counselling on preventing and minimising the risk of infection.
Discuss HIV with clients who may have been at risk or worried and provide pre / post HIV test counselling.
Take a lead in sexual health promotion work within the clinic and community.
Keep statistics on all patient contact and interviews to enable audit and evaluation of services.
Liaise with other local or national agencies as and when appropriate. Liaise with other health advisors in GUM and exchange relevant information in order to facilitate partner notification.
To participate in regular supervision of health staff and complete competency reviews.
To be aware of the confidential nature of the clinic and work within the legal responsibilities as laid down in the Venereal Diseases Regulations 1974 and the NHS Trust Act 199
Work within the SSHA guidance e.g., Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, Guidelines for Good Practice PN Policy.

Your profile:

Essential:_
Nursing degree.
Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council recognised PIN.
You will have at least one years' experience of working in sexual health services (Contraception and / or GUM).
To have working knowledge of clinical and psychological aspects of STI, HIV, or related sexual health issues.
Pass a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check or national equivalent.
Up to date safeguarding training certificates.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
Desirable:_
Minimum 12 years' vaccination experience.
Understanding of CQC / HIS / HIW / RQIA environment
This will be the regulatory body relevant to your location.
Understanding of vaccinations processes and reason to deliver.
Awareness of allergies to ensure immunisation can be aborted if required.
Up to date CPR / Anaphylaxis training.

About Randox Health:

For almost 40 years Randox has been at the forefront of clinical diagnostics, dedicated to improving health worldwide with our disruptive technology and innovative diagnostic solutions.

This experience and expertise powers each of our state-of-the-art RandoxHealth clinics, currently located in London, Liverpool, and Northern Ireland, with ambitious plans to roll out a number of new clinics in the coming months and years.

A mobile service enabling certified Randox Health staff to visit clients at their convenienceis also available.

At Randox Health we encourage individuals to adopt a personalised, preventative approach to their health and well-being, ultimately helping them to live healthier for longer.

Using Randox revolutionary technology we measure hundreds of health biomarkers,generating unrivalled data that when combined with our complex algorithms can predict future health concerns and identify early signs of illness even before symptoms arise.

This empowers individuals to act sooner to prevent or delay disease onset - movingfrom a model of sickness management to true preventative healthcare.

Our unique biomarker tracking service allows you to establish a health baseline from which you can track and monitor improvements over time.

In early 2020, Randox were one of the first to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, developing a pioneering diagnostic test for COVID-19 in just a few weeks.

Our rapid COVID-19 testing service is trusted and used by a variety of private companies, individuals,and by the sports industry, and in the UK Government's National COVID-19 Testing Programme.