Health Advisor

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Main area Sexual Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Site City Campus Town Nottingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/08/2026 23:59

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Health Advisor to join the team at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire sexual health services. We are a busy patient focused service providing HIV and sexual and reproductive healthcare to the population of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Our main hubs are GU Medicine at Nottingham City Hospital and Retford Hospital and Worksop. There are many spoke and outreach clinics throughout Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

We are looking for someone with sexual health experience, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You must be able to work autonomously and as part of the multi disciplinary team.

• Provide specialist nursing care by assessing, examining and treating patients with sexually transmitted infections.
• Carrying out partner notification and health promotion.
• Safeguarding vulnerable patients, child and adults.
• Support and signpost patients with risk reduction to improve their sexual health.
• Take responsibility for the care of a caseload of Sexual Health patients requiring specialist Sexual health care.
• Provide advice, information, education and counselling to patients who attend the department and to those who are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection or require contraception.
• Work within multi-disciplinary teams, providing specialist advice to clients within the hub, spoke and outreach clinics.

The successful applicant will be required to work at the Retford and Worksop clinics as well as Nottingham City Hospital and Victoria Health Centre.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team  are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert

The post holder will be expected:

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• To provide specialist nursing care by assessing, diagnosing and planning care to meet the needs of Sexual Health Patients.
• To take responsibility for the care of a caseload of Sexual Health patients requiring specialist Sexual health care.
• To provide advice, information, education and counselling to patients who attend the department and to those who are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection or require contraception.
• To work within multi-disciplinary teams, providing specialist advice to clients within central, peripheral and outreach clinics.
• Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required.
• Adhere to trust policies and participate in future developments within the service.

• STIF Health Advising competency or willing to work towards
• Experience of issuing medication to PGD

• Working experience of partner notification skills
• Experience of working within a sexual health setting

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or…