Job summary
- Main area
- Jefferiss Wing
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (12-months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1923
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse/Advanced Clinical Practitioner for integrated Sexual Health
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for an exceptional nurse to appoint to this key leadership post within our HIV and Integrated Sexual Health service based at St Mary’s hospital in central London for a 1-year fixed term maternity cover.
The successful candidate for this Lead Nurse / Advanced Clinical Practitioner role will provide operational leadership and direction for the integrated sexual health nursing team comprising of nurse practitioners, specialty nurses, staff nurses, nursing associates and healthcare assistants.
Our ideal candidate will have extensive relevant experience within the field, advanced clinical skills and knowledge, especially in operational management, contraception, and STI management. The post holder will be expected to work clinically as well as proving operational leadership to the team. Working collaboratively with colleagues, you will be a skilled communicator with a passion for education and staff development. You will place a high priority on maintaining a supportive and caring environment for both patients and staff, and on developing the highest standards of evidence based practice and achieving key quality metrics.
You will be fully supported in your role by the department’s consultant nurses and wider leadership teams.
Main duties of the job
- The Lead Nurse/ACP for Integrated Sexual Health oversees the Advanced Nurse Practitioners within the sexual health services and is operationally responsible for delivering clinical training, assessment and supervision for the wider nursing teams.
- They work closely with the senior multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide nursing leadership in the department for maintaining and improving service provision, nursing clinical expertise and high quality nursing care.
- The nurse will require advanced and specialist skills to independently manage unselected people attending clinics. They will manage patients with sexually transmitted infections (STI) or at high risk of acquiring them and discuss patients’ sexual and reproductive health concerns. STI screening and the provision of contraception treatment and advice are key aspects of the role.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Midwife
- Has attained/ working towards a master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or related area
- Post registration courses in HIV, contraception and/ or sexual health.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification and has taught as a guest lecturer in sexual health at a University level.
- • Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience
- Minimum of 3 years in a clinical position within sexual health posts
- Minimum of 18 months of experience of staff management
Desirable criteria
- Previous people management / budget management experience
- Previous experience of staff supervision
- Previous experience of involvement with clinical audit and/or disease surveillance
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience in change management
- Previous experience of working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
- Leadership skills
- Proven teaching and assessing skills.
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/ committees.
- Experience of managing projects and delivering cost Improvement plans
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Grundy
- Job title
- Professor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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