Sexual Health Adviser - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
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Chesterfield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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PLEASE NOTE:
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.

You will need to register if you do not already have an account Have an in-depth working knowledge of STIs and be a competent and confident ISHS specialist nurse or be willing to work towards this To provide information to patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection: how they are acquired, transmitted and treated.

To provide education and counselling pertaining to clients sexual health activities in an attempt to reduce high risk behaviour and improve overall sexual health outcomes To provide effective partner notification to ensure contact(s) attendance and treatment by index (patient) referral as detailed in the SSHA PN policy, and to manage effective PN documentation within the INFORM system.


This will include liaising with other health advisers within the sexual health community to exchange relevant information in order to facilitate partner notification and STI transmission.

Support the results management and partner notification co-ordinator in all aspects of results management, taking primary responsibility for the notification and management of those with a BBI To stress the importance of medical treatment and follow-up.

To discuss HIV with patients who may have been at risk or are worried.

To provide pre HIV test discussion and post HIV test counselling to those that require it To provide initial post-test HIV counselling for newly diagnosed patients, their partners, significant others and offer ongoing counselling and psychosocial care dependant on the health advisers training, experience and supervision.


To ensure patients are followed up appropriately if they need to re-attend for results treatment or counselling by letter, phone, or home visit, in line with the ISHS SOP To take a lead in sexual health promotion work within the clinic and liaise with the SHP team to ensure the community and clinic approach are equitable To liaise with other local or national agencies as appropriate E.g.

SARC, UKHSA, Social Care To establish good working relationships with medical, nursing, and administration staff within the clinic, as well as with professionals from other departments To take part in teaching programs as required for nursing staff, medical students or other statutory or voluntary bodies.

To continue professional development and training by attendance and contribution at relevant clinic/ Trust/ regional/ national meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences.

To participate in regular supervision and staff appraisal.

To work within SSHA guidance e.g. Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, Guidelines for Good Practice, PN Policy.

To use own initiative and work independently but have the ability to identify when necessary to seek information from or refer patients to the Senior Health Advisor Process positive BBI results received from laboratory tests using a set SOP and act upon these results to ensure the patient has been notified and a management plan in place To oversee and support the results management and partner notification co-ordinator in competently attending to failsafe worklists to ensure the service is compliant in providing results to patients in a timely manner as laid out in BASHH Guidelines Support the management of the results telephone lines including the provision of advice over the telephone to patients requesting information pertaining to their infections or their general sexual health Management of patients requiring more complex intervention referring onto the Senior Health Advisor where appropriate To oversee and support the results management and partner notification co-ordinator in the review of cytology results, their process and recall To be responsible for documenting patient care in patient notes and accurately recording actions taken To work together as a team to organise daily activities, adjusting plans and task allocation to adapt to emergent complexities and prioritising activities as appropriate, including ongoing tasks such as maintaining the failsafe lists and recall policies.

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