Nurse Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We
have an exciting opportunity for a full time, experienced Band 6 sexual health
nurse to join the community sexual health team in CDDFT

The successful candidate
will work as part of a multi-disciplinary sexual health team in a integrated
role across contraception and GUM within the community Sexual Health Service,
providing comprehensive, evidence based, patient focused contraception and
sexual health care.

The post holder will be a
1st Level Registered Nurse with previous experience in Contraception and Sexual
Health.

The successful candidate
will be responsible for making professional, autonomous decisions for patients
presenting in the clinics who need contraception and/or sexual health screening
or problems. They will be accountable for assessing patients needing contraception
and safely issuing all methods of contraception, including LARCs using Patient
Group Directions/ Non- medical prescribing.

The
successful candidate will work within the designated community sexual health
team across various venues.

Main duties of the job

The
post-holder is responsible for the comprehensive care of patients, assessing,
implementing and evaluating care plans within an integrated model of sexual
health. The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of local
sexual health improvement strategies and provide a high level of clinical
service.

The post holder will be
responsible for making professionally autonomous decisions, for which they are
accountable, assessing patients who may present with both undifferentiated and
undiagnosed problems, as well as for follow up routine care.

The post holder will work
within a designated team but will be responsible for providing this level of
cover when required across any other locality and will also liaise closely with
the Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Sexual Health Hub Manager.

Person Specification

Statutory Registration

Essential

  • 1st level Registered Nurse

Desirable

  • Non-Medical Prescriber

Special Requirements

Essential

  • The ability to work in a flexible way, to meet the needs of the service, including evening and weekend work
  • Ability to travel to different sites independently to fulfil the requirements of the post
  • Willingness to undertake further training and development

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Health Related subject (or equivalent qualification/experience)
  • Accredited Contraception qualification, incorporating LARC fitting and removal and / or completion of Sexual Health Integrated Pathway (or equivalent) incorporating health advising/STI management or willingness to undertake the required training courses

Desirable

  • Cervical cytology

Experience

Essential

  • Registered General Nurse with experience in sexual health or other relevant field.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with PGDs
  • Experience of working with young people delivering care in outreach and/or domiciliary settings for vulnerable groups

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of national strategies/policy drivers and legislation in relation to sexual health and contraception
  • General sexual health, contraception and STI knowledge and/or skills – both clinical and theoretical
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Competent use of IT
  • Adaptable to different work environments unpredictable work pattern
  • Self-starter, able to work independently, on own initiative and to deadlines
  • Ability to plan and organise workload to ensure safe service provision

Desirable

  • Knowledge of policies and procedures surrounding care of young people under 16
  • Knowledge of local services and areas of deprivation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 3 December 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.