Band 7 Deputy Lead Nurse Sexual Health and Contraception

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Sexual Health Nurse to join our service at Barking Hospital, taking joint responsibility with the Lead Nurse for the clinical and operational leadership of the Sexual Health and contraception department. The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong commitment and passion for providing quality sexual health care

The post holder will be responsible for the direct line management of junior staff within the sexual health service, with delegated responsibility for daily coordination, and the effective operational delivery of the service. This is a key leadership role within the Trust, requiring the ability to balance service management with hands-on clinical practice.

A recognised qualification in Sexual Health and Contraception is essential. Nurse prescribing and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) competencies are desirable. Applicants must have a minimum of three years’ experience at Band 6, with demonstrable leadership responsibilities and evidence of effective staff management, this includes health roster experience, sickness management as well as staff appraisals.

Part-time and remote working options are not available for this role.

The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner and, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, promote an excellent sexual health service on a day-to-day basis deputising for the Lead Nurse. The post holder will be responsible for management of all clinics within designated locations of the Integrated Sexual Health Service as well as appropriate allocation of staff within. Working alongside the Lead Nurse, responsibilities include direct line management of junior staff, ensuring all KPI’s are meeting targets as well as service delivery efficiency.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Comm

unity Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Wilkinson Job title: Lead Nurse Sexual Health & Contraception Email address: katie.wilkinson17@nhs.net Telephone number: 02089704336