Job Introduction

The Senior Specialist Sexual Health Nurse role at Turning Point’s new adult sexual health service provides an exciting opportunity for someone looking to provide leadership beyond the confines of the clinic to deliver high quality, safe and effective support that meets people where they are across the community. This service will take clinical sexual health support out to residents from vulnerable backgrounds, from Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham, including:

•    Sex workers

•    People who misuse substances

•    Rough sleepers and people experiencing homelessness

•    People with learning disabilities

•    People whose lives are impacted by challenging mental health issues

•    Transgender people

•    Asylum seekers and refugees

•    Women escaping from domestic violence

•    Other marginalised groups

This is a unique opportunity to be involved in the delivery and development of a brand-new service. The team locally will be leading the way for sexual health clinical delivery at Turning Point, a national health and social care provider, with support from our central clinical team.

Role Responsibility

We are looking for an enthusiastic nurse with a strong track record of providing clinical sexual health services and a high level of skill and experience in reaching people who often face barriers to accessing sexual health support.

This role demands a flexible approach to engaging, understanding and addressing the needs of people in outreach settings, including identifying locations to reach people across the geographic area. Offering sensitive, empathic and non-judgemental support through excellent interpersonal skills and culturally sensitive communication is a core requirement of this role. 

The successful candidate will work closely as part of the clinical team and the wider Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Sexual Health Alliance, facilitating learning through the development and delivery of clinically focussed education and training programmes

Success in this role depends on a deep-rooted commitment to being community-focused and community-driven, ensuring the voices, experiences, and needs of local people and communities shape the approach of the service.

The successful candidate will work with other internal outreach service colleagues and external partner services already working with local people, to engage with groups who don’t currently access support for their sexual and reproductive health.

Most importantly, we need someone who shares our Turning Point values and is committed to working with people at greatest risk of experiencing sexual health inequalities. We work holistically to understand the barriers people face and explore how we can work creatively to get the right support to the right people at the right time.

This role will contribute a holistic approach to safeguarding vulnerable adults in identifying behaviours which are positive and supportive, in contrast to those that are exploitative and controlling. A key part of this role delivering on quality work which is reported correctly to ensure it can be linked into outcomes and KPI’s agreed with our commissioners.

The Ideal Candidate

At the heart of this role is a commitment to community voice and ownership. The post holder must champion inclusive, ground-up approaches that empower communities to shape services that reflect their realities, needs, and strengths.

We are looking for someone who is committed to ongoing learning and development, able to maximise on the many opportunities that exist across Turning Point to develop self and others.

You will need to be a qualified nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. As an employee you will have access to RCNi to assist with revalidation, indemnity insurance and support and supervision. And of course, we’re looking for a Nurse who loves talking to people with different needs, is genuinely interested in helping them, and possesses a deep level of empathy, understanding and patience.

You will be required to work in clinical and non-clinical locations across Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

•    25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

•    Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees. Turning Point Benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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