Are you passionate about promoting sexual health, reducing health inequalities and delivering non‑judgemental, person‑centred care? Join our Sexual Health Service as a Nursing Associate and play a vital role in supporting people to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing.
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) to join our team, supporting the delivery of BBV/HIV services and assisting with vasectomy procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist service, providing high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and a compassionate, non-judgemental approach, with the ability to build positive relationships and support vulnerable patients with dignity, empathy, and respect.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Working within a friendly, specialist sexual health team, you’ll support the delivery of confidential, compassionate care across a range of clinics and community settings. You’ll work closely with registered nurses, doctors and the wider team to provide safe, inclusive and high‑quality sexual health services.
Supporting patients accessing STI testing and treatment, and health promotion
Delivering person‑centred care with empathy, discretion and respect
Undertaking agreed clinical procedures within your scope of practice
Promoting health, prevention and informed choice
Contributing to a welcoming, inclusive service for people from all backgrounds
Support the service with managing results / Partner notification
Assisting doctors in minor surgery vasectomy clinics.
What we’re looking for
NMC‑registered Nursing Associate
A compassionate, open and non‑judgemental approach
Excellent communication skills and commitment to confidentiality
Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
Enthusiasm for learning and developing within sexual health
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
As a Nursing Associate within the Sexual Health Service, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality, confidential and inclusive care to people accessing sexual health services across clinic and community settings. Working under the direction of a specialist BBV/HIV nurse and alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will support the assessment, planning and delivery of care for individuals with a wide range of sexual health needs, ensuring care is compassionate, non‑judgemental and person‑centred at all times.
The role includes undertaking agreed clinical tasks and procedures within your scope of practice, supporting STI testing and treatment pathways, contraception services, health promotion and prevention work, and providing clear, sensitive information to service users and their partners. You will contribute to safeguarding, risk assessment and escalation processes, maintain accurate clinical records, and support patients from initial contact through to follow‑up and discharge. You will also promote equality, diversity and inclusion, recognising and responding to the needs of people from a wide range of backgrounds and communities.
As part of the team, you will support service development and quality improvement, act as a positive role model for learners and support staff, and demonstrate a commitment to professional development, reflective practice and the values of the Trust
If you want a role that combines clinical skill, health promotion and meaningful patient relationships, we’d love to hear from you.
