Job summary
We are seeking a Band 6 Sexual Health Advisor to join our dedicated and supportive team. This part-time role is for 18.75 hours per week, worked between 8:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday.Our Sexual Health Service offers confidential, inclusive, and non-judgemental care to people seeking advice, testing, treatment, and support for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.

Based at Falcon Road Sexual Health Centre, you will join a multidisciplinary team of consultants, doctors, nurses, health advisers, allied health professionals and administrative staff, working together to deliver high-quality care. Our service supports people attending for a range of needs, including:

• STI diagnosis and treatment
• HIV testing and support
• Vulnerable adults
• Young people
• Individuals requiring safeguarding or referral to specialist services

Working collaboratively with colleagues across CLCH, local acute hospitals, primary care, social care, safeguarding teams, mental health services, drug and alcohol services, HIV specialist services and community organisations, we ensure patients receive coordinated, holistic care.

This opportunity has arisen as part of our commitment to maintaining and developing a responsive sexual health service that meets the needs of our diverse local population.

This role offers excellent opportunities to develop specialist skills in sexual health, HIV care, safeguarding, behavioural change, public health and service improvement.

Main duties of the job
This role will include delivering confidential, inclusive and compassionate care to people accessing advice, testing, treatment and support for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. You will be working with a diverse population and partner closely with:

• Acute hospitals
• Primary care
• Social care
• Safeguarding services
• Mental health teams
• Drug and alcohol services
• Community organisations

As a Sexual Health Adviser, you will provide:

• Specialist health advice and education
• Undertake partner notification
• Support patients diagnosed with STIs and HIV
• Deliver behavioural change interventions
• Assess and safeguard vulnerable adults and young people
• Provide HIV pre- and post-test discussions
• Facilitate referrals to appropriate services

You will be supported you through a comprehensive induction, regular clinical and safeguarding supervision, mandatory and specialist sexual health training, continuing professional development, annual appraisal, and opportunities to participate in clinical audit, service improvement, teaching and research. You will be encouraged to develop specialist expertise in sexual health, HIV care, safeguarding and public health, with opportunities to progress your career within CLCH

About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Details
Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 824-SOUTH-8110915
Job locations: 160 Falcon Road, London, SW11 2LN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust's values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RGN or degree in relevant subject or relevant significant level of experience

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience working as a Health Adviser in a UK sexual health clinic
• Experience in Partner notification
• Experience in working 1:1 with patients in risk reduction
• Experience working with young people and other vulnerable groups

Skills
Essential

• Good knowledge of STI's and HIV
• Evidence of knowledge of risk reduction models
• Ability to communicate well with patient on sensitive subjects
• Evidence of working with wider multi-disciplinary teams

Key Attributes
Essential

• Evidence of working on own initiative
• Evidence of working with minimal supervision
• Evidence of recognising stress within self and team and manage appropriately
• Understanding and flexible of working patterns and changing responsibilities
• Working within deadlines under pressure

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

We are an equal opportunities employer.