Sexual Health Assistant Outreach Practitioner

at  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This post will support the activity and productivity of outreach staff delivering targeted work with vulnerable groups at risk of sexual ill-health. The principal target groups that Sexual Health Outreach provides services to are;

• Commercial Sex Workers
• Homeless Clients
• Drug Users
• Men who have sex with men
• BMEA communities
• Students and young people

The post holder will also be required to work as an accountable practitioner working on their own in community settings, making decisions according to policy and protocol. Hours of work will be flexible to include evening and weekends across the axess regional footprint as required.

Utilising Trust policies and protocols, under the proximal supervision of the clinical practitioner, the assistant practitioner will:

• Undertake asymptomatic screening and be able to order routine bloods/investigations and have a basic understanding of normal and altered values.
• Undertake a designated range of patient assessments such as reviewing a medical history and reporting any changes to the clinical team.
• Utilise clinical skills appropriately to enhance the delivery of patient care e.g. Venepuncture, immunisation and provision of medication under direction of ‘Patient Specific Directions’ (PSD’s).
• Manage and maintain own treatment lists for Chlamydia and a range of routine contraception’s, with use of PSD’s.
• Manage and administer cryotherapy treatment to relevant and appropriate patients.
• Undertake partner notification (PN) and/or support patients to use online ‘e-PN’.
• Assess those patients with special need such as those under 16 and discuss with clinical team where appropriate and according to Trust guidelines.
• Manage recall of patients such as Hepatitis A/B & HPV vaccinations, repeat Chlamydia testing and Depo Provera injection.
• Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team
• Organise and prioritise time effectively. .
• Promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

Educational Responsibilities.

• To develop and maintain own clinical skills and knowledge using a competency framework to ensure effective care delivery
• To ensure compliance with mandatory training and personal development plans
• Demonstrate procedures to and supervise unqualified staff. Contribute to the learning environment within the service and team mentoring at an optimum level.
• Supervise, assess and mentor Trainee Healthcare Support workers, Trainee Assistant Practitioners, assist in the supervision and learning of other students with the exception of their assessment.
• Promote and participate in the Health Education both personally and with all patients and relatives as appropriate

Professional responsibilities.

• Exhibit professional behaviour and attitude at all times, and demonstrate excellent customer care skills.
• Recognise the level of competence to ensure safe practice.
• Be familiar with and abide by Trust policies and procedures to ensure to ensure optimum patient care and safety of patients and staff.
• Adhere to trust uniform policy.
• Take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with new developments and participate in research/ clinical audit. Attendance at annual update sessions is mandatory.
• Act as a role model by upholding and implementing good practice in the workplace, always ensuring the highest standards of evidenced based care.
• Take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge.
• Identify objectives within a PDP that support the delivery of high standards of clinical car