Senior Sexual Health Nurse

Go back Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustSenior Sexual Health Nurse - OutreachThe closing date is 06 February 2026We're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Sexual Health Nurse (Outreach) to join our Integrated Sexual Health Service in East Sussex. You'll be part of a friendly, consultant-led multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality sexual health care across clinic and outreach settings. This role focuses on providing accessible services to people who may not attend mainstream clinics, supporting early testing, treatment, contraception, and health promotion. You'll use your clinical skills to:Deliver nurse-led clinics and outreach sessions in community venues.Provide holistic, person-centred assessment, treatment, and education.Support partner notification, safeguarding, and health improvement initiatives.Supervise and mentor junior staff and students, helping build a supportive learning culture.Take part in service development and quality improvement work that reflects our CARE values — Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.If you're passionate about reducing sexual-health inequalities and making services more inclusive, we'd love to hear from you.Main duties of the jobDeliver safe, effective and person-centred sexual health care in both clinic and community outreach settings. Undertake holistic assessments, investigations, treatment and management of patients presenting with sexual health or contraceptive needs. Provide advice, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and issue medication under Patient Group Directions (PGDs). Support the delivery of contraception services including emergency contraception, oral contraception and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) pathways. Promote HIV testing, provide results, and support onward referral to HIV services as required. Lead and support partner notification, safeguarding, and risk-reduction interventions in line with local and national guidance. Work collaboratively with partner agencies to improve access to care for vulnerable groups, including those who are homeless, involved in sex work, or otherwise marginalised. Contribute to outreach and health-promotion campaigns aimed at reducing inequalities and improving sexual health outcomes. Maintain accurate clinical documentation and participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and governance activity. Supervise, support and mentor junior nurses, health advisers and students, ensuring safe clinical practice and professional development. Participate in service evaluation, clinical meetings and development initiatives to improve care delivery and patient experience.About usRated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, Excellent.We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.See where you can go with KCHFT career pathwaysJob responsibilitiesJob responsibilitiesAs a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you; their contact details can be found in the job advert.We can get a lot of applications for some roles, so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.Find out more about the community difference here.Good luck We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.Person SpecificationQualificationRegistered Nurse or Midwife with current NMC registration. Evidence of continued professional development relevant to sexual healthSTIF Intermediate or equivalent sexual health qualification. DFSRH or LARC competence. Cervical cytology training. Mentorship or teaching qualification.ExperienceMinimum 18 months' experience in sexual health, infectious disease, or related acute/community setting. Experience providing STI screening, testing, and management of symptomatic patients. Experience supporting contraception and sexual health care under PGDs. Experience working with vulnerable or hard-to-reach groups.Experience running nurse-led clinics. Experience supervising junior staff or students. Experience contributing to audits or service development.KnowledgeUnderstanding of safeguarding principles for adults and children. Knowledge of confidentiality, consent and record-keeping in sexual health. Awareness of local and national sexual health policies and NICE guidance. Understanding of partner notification and health promotion.Knowledge of HIV care pathways. Awareness of current research and best practice in sexual health. Understanding of public health approaches to reducing sexual health inequalities.Skills and AbilityStrong clinical assessment and decision-making skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including discussing sensitive topics. Ability to manage time, prioritise workload, and work autonomously. Competent use of IT systems and electronic health records.Competent in microscopy or willingness to train. Presentation or teaching skills.Personal AttributesCompassionate, non-judgemental and inclusive approach. Flexible and adaptable across outreach and clinic settings. Reliable and supportive team player. Committed to providing person-centred care and improving access for underserved groups. Demonstrates leadership potential and reflective practice.Ability to ManageAble to supervise and support junior staff and students. Able to prioritise and coordinate clinical workload safely. Contributes to service development and quality improvement. Experience in team coordination or acting up in a leadership role.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum #J-18808-Ljbffr