The closing date is 20 February 2026
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum
Job summary
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Sexual Health Nurse to join our Integrated Sexual Health Service in East Sussex, full time and part time positions available.You’ll be part of a friendly, consultant-led multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality sexual health careacross clinic and outreach settings. This role focuses on providing accessible services to people who may notattend 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 loveto hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver safe, effective and person-centred sexual health care
- 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.
- Must be available to work cross site between Hastings and Eastbourne sites.
Qualifications, Training & Experience
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- STIF qualification
- Experience of managing complex caseloads
- Experience of supporting/mentoring others
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to use IT systems and databases
- Have an awareness of developments within the NHS
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance
- Understand where to signpost clients and families to alternative service to support behaviour change and improve health
- Knowledge of up to date clinical practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).