Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our busy Integrated Sexual Health Service providing complex GUM and contraception, screening for STI's follow up and treatment clinics.

The ideal candidate would be experienced in both Reproductive and Sexual Health. Be passionate working within the speciality striving to continuously improve service delivery.

Please apply if you are ready to be part of an advanced skilled Team offering complex services and training.

Main duties of the job
As a CNS you will assess individual client needs and provide advice on all methods of contraception and sexual health.

Provide care and treatment using Patient Group Directions (PGD's) or as an Independent Prescriber. Deliver evidence-based practice and act as a role model for junior colleagues and take responsibility for the mentoring of pre and post registration students. Manage and/or support the efficient running of the clinic, including nurse led services at satellite clinics and triage

The role includes four main areas clinical practice, leadership, management, education and audits

About us
Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information:- Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Details
Date posted: 16 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata plus HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 197-RF8853
Job locations: Waldron Health centre and Primary Care centre, London, SE14 6LD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To become an essential member, and point of contact and resource for the multi-disciplinary team patients and carers
• Carries out diagnostic/therapeutic interventions as an independent practitioner, interprets, writes reports and commences further possible treatment on the basis of the findings.
• Carries out complex therapeutic/investigational procedures under indirect supervision of the Consultant. Ensuring that they are carried out using safe practice and under agreed guidelines/protocols to ensure that the highest possible standard is obtained based on competent clinical practice.
• To demonstrate the ability to develop new skills, to provide an expert high quality, nurse-led service service.
• To provide ongoing follow-up care and support (telephone support / nurse/midwife led clinics / outpatient clinics)
• To develop the service in a structured interdisciplinary way, initiating on-going change and progression in the expanding role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• MSc level learning
• RN / RM - Part 1
• Relevant specialist course or similar
• Mentorship course (supervising and assessing)
• Advanced training/skills in invasive/therapeutic/diagnostic procedures relevant to speciality.
• In-depth knowledge of anatomy related to speciality
• Knowledge of conditions, management and treatment

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality standards
• Counselling course
• Non-Medical Prescribing

Experience
Essential

• Senior clinical experience within their speciality
• Experience in Practice Guideline Development
• Audit and Research Experience
• Evidence of clinical leadership qualities
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a multiprofessional team
• Evidence of using primary and secondary healthcare teams and resources
• Ability to clinically lead and direct staff
• Experience in patient advocacy

Desirable

• Lead an audit and/or research study
• Presentation and publishing experience
• Caseload management
• Leading a service

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/

Contact: Matron Tina Garcia, Tina.Garcia@nhs.net, 07919298876

Applications are subject to the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust's privacy notice.