Senior Staff Nurse HIV

To work alongside the senior nurses in the provision of an integrated specialist sexual health and HIV nursing service giving support, advice, education and information to clients attending the NISHH service at Northampton, Kettering and other spoke and outreach settings.

This post is specifically for the management of HIV patients and the proportion of work dedicated to GU/SRH will depend on the post holder's skills and interest in line with service need. The post holder will expected to work across both hub sites throughout the week. Our main hub sites are located at Northampton General Hospital and St Mary's Hospital, Kettering . They will be expected to work closely with the Senior Nurses and senior leadership team within the service. The post-holder will be part of a multidisciplinary countywide consultant led HIV Team. This role involves direct contact with patients on a daily basis. This will involve dealing with enquiries, taking and managing blood results and medication concerns. It will incorporate a role for health advising, education, and partner notification. Basic STI testing for HIV patients will be part of this role and will be supported by your GU colleagues. The post holder will be expected to follow local and nationally adopted protocols, under the supervision and guidance of the senior doctors in the team. The post holder will be flexible and able to support new ways of working and the new model of service delivery within the HIV Unit (Summers Unit).

Main duties of the job

• To work closely with the HIV MDT including the specialist HIV pharmacy team and psychology services in order to manage the cohort of patients living with HIV who attend the Summers unit. This includes providing adherence support, education to patients and their partners/families, and the provision of holistic care. We expect the successful candidate to demonstrate expertise in managing patients on Antiretroviral therapy (in line with local and national guidelines) with a holistic patient centered approach.
• To participate in the presentation of relevant information for the HIV MDT meetings (weekly)
• Undertake venepuncture appoinments for people living with HIV
• Working with other health professionals including Occupational Health , Antenatal teams and local hospitals to provide cohesive care.
• To be able to deliver diffcult results including a diagnosis of HIV to patients, face to face and telemedicine.
• Post holder will be expected to work across county throughout the week including attending St Mary's Hospital in Kettering and Northampton General Hospital.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualification in HIV or GU
• Mentorship or assessor/supervisor training

Skills and Experience

• Venepuncture
• Experience working in HIV or GU services as Band 5
• Demonstratable knowledge of STI's and STI testing
• Demonstratable knowledge of HIV care
• Experience working on Lilie and using ICE
• Demonstrable knowledge of managing patients requesting PEP

Values and Behaviours

• Ability to work across county
• Demonstrable knowledge of confidentiality
• Experience in working as a team and lone working

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We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

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At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK ()

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.