Specialist Nurse – Sexual Health Intervention and Prevention (SHIP)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£47,951 to £56,863 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SE5 9RS
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	9 Nov 2026
Closing date:	16 Nov 2026

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Summary

Clinical Responsibilities To provide health promotion, risk management/reduction, behavioural interventions and focussed psychological support for identified patients attending Sexual Health and HIV Services as directed by the senior nurses. To provide intermediate level, autonomous nursing care to patients with sexual health and contraceptive needs to include diagnosis and treatment of STIs and related conditions To provide autonomous nursing care to patients with contraceptive needs, using a recognised contraception qualification, and competence at supplying all methods of contraception, and insertion and removal on contraceptive implants To utilise specialist knowledge and skills and undertake procedures and practices such as cryotherapy, microscopy, speculum examination, bimanual examination, testicular examination, proctoscopy, contraceptive implant insertion and removal, cervical cytology and specialist follow up clinics To take referrals to support the safeguarding process from within the sexual health teams and external sources as required to provide enhanced expertise and support to patients with identified vulnerabilities or increased sexual health risk factors including inpatients as required To participate in specialist nurse delivered clinics as appropriate to the intervention and prevention needs of the service To adhere to robust procedures for enhanced partner notification in line with National Guidance To actively support and directly contribute to the delivery of positive results as required To ensure that all allocated patients are managed, and processes adhered to, to support a consistent and effective active recall procedure for patients at risk of STIs, HIV, unplanned pregnancy and repeat abortion To contribute to adult and child safeguarding processes and to ensure clinical staff are supported in managing complex cases To contribute to the pathway of patients presenting for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PEPSE) To contribute to the pathway for patients newly diagnosed with HIV to ensure rapid access to services, provide support as required and to ensure robust partner notification To contribute to the pathways for women diagnosed with STIs in pregnancy, in particular ante-natal syphilis

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