Senior Sexual Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic, motivated, and empathetic Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join the Sexual Health Hounslow team, providing Sexual Health, HIV, and Contraception services. The post involves managing symptomatic patients autonomously, acting as Nurse in Charge, and supporting junior staff. The successful candidate will work flexibly across three sites and demonstrate a passion for the speciality and commitment to excellent patient care.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Successfully completed or willingness to undertake teaching/assessing course Evidence of professional development
- Relevant specialist courses/training
Desirable criteria
- Successfully completed: HIV course, Sexual health course, Counselling course, Working towards a BSc/ MSc, Relevant specialist courses/training including a recognised Family Planning qualification, Cervical Sample Taker Certificate
- Leadership training
- Relevant post registration sexual health or HIV experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety of clinical experience
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of excellence in leading all /part of a clinical team in practice
- Experience of teaching and supporting learners / new staff etc.
- Experience of health promotion and education
- Evidence of working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Awareness of HR issues
- Able to utilise evidence in practice
- To be competent in the independent STI management of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients or the management of patients living with HIV infection
- Experience of managing/coordinating team work
- Experience in issuing medicine using PGD's
- Proven management experience
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience in gynaecology, HIV, counselling, research, working in outreach settings and other experience related to the speciality or willing to undertake training
- Evidence of practice development Participation in audit/research
- Management training
- Experience in working with young people under the age of 16
- Recent experience of providing contraceptive care
- LARC training / willingness to undertake
- Skills and knowledge
- Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of specialty, and excellence in care delivery Current experience as either a sexual health (GU/FP)nurse alternatively current experience in a HIV inpatient or outpatient setting
- Venepuncture
- Ability / experience of managing change personally and as a facilitator
- Knowledge of budgets
- Experience of data
- Microscopy
- Cryotherapy
- Assessing Fraser Competence
- Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
- Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness.
- Knowledge of current challenging and issues in nursing
- Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
- Commitment to quality initiatives and research
- Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
- Computer literacy skills
- Cervical Cytology
- Knowledge of HIV and related issues Demonstrates the ability to interpret and utilise numerical and financial information
- Proven management, leadership and supervisory skills
- Human Resource management
- Trust values
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to patients and staff
- Open and honest
- Unfailingly kind
- Determined to develop
- Effective role model, demonstrating values of safety, respect kindness and excellence
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and willing to understand our Trust values of respect, kindness, excellence and safety, with behaviour which reinforces these values
- Effective time management and prioritisation skills
- Approachable, respectful, supportive adaptable, and assertive
- Able to act as a patient's advocate
- Able to remain calm under pressure and can cope well with stressful situations
- Self-starter and able to work on own initiative
- Effective team member
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Education and qualifications
- Registered Nurse
- Successfully completed or willingness to undertake teaching/assessing course Evidence of professional development
- Relevant specialist courses/training
- Successfully completed: HIV course, Sexual health course, Counselling course, Working towards a BSc/ MSc, Relevant specialist courses/training including a recognised Family Planning qualification, Cervical Sample Taker Certificate
- Leadership training
- Relevant post registration sexual health or HIV experience at Band 5 level
- Wide variety
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Sexual Health Nurse
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
Sexual Health Hounslow provides Sexual Health, HIV and Contraception services for the London Borough of Hounslow.
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and empathetic Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses to join our team who have a passion for the speciality. We are particularly interested in talking to nurses who currently work in a Sexual Health setting or who have relevant experience within this field. We are looking for professionals who are driven, efficient and committed to providing excellent patient care.
This senior post includes managing symptomatic patients autonomously and taking the role of Nurse in Charge in the clinical setting. We would expect the Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to also support junior members of staff where necessary acting as a role model to all members of the Multi-disciplinary Team.
You will be expected to work flexibly across our three sites, West Middlesex Hospital (Twickenham House), Feltham Health Centre and Heart of Hounslow Health Centre.
Please see the attached job description and person specification. Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate they meet the essential criteria in the person specification in their application and if shortlisted, at interview.
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