Job Introduction
Are you an experienced Sexual Health Nurse looking for more than a clinic-based role?
Would you like the autonomy to shape a pioneering service, work across organisations, influence local healthcare delivery, and make a tangible difference to women facing the greatest barriers to accessing care?
If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are seeking an ambitious, compassionate and highly skilled Band 7 GRACE Nurse to lead the delivery of an innovative, trauma-informed sexual and reproductive health model across Leicestershire and Rutland. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced practitioner to combine advanced clinical practice with outreach, service development, leadership and population health improvement.
About the role
As our GRACE Nurse, you will work as an autonomous advanced practitioner, providing expert contraception and sexual health care while acting as a trusted link between NHS services, community organisations, public health teams and local authority partners.
You will support women aged 16+ through an accessible, person-centred service, helping to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities for those who are often underserved by traditional healthcare models.
This is not just a clinical role.
You will have the opportunity to:
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Deliver complex contraception and sexual health care
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Undertake implant and coil fitting and removal
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Provide trauma-informed support to women with complex needs
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Develop innovative outreach approaches and community partnerships
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Lead on service improvement and transformation
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Analyse service data to influence future service development
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Support and develop a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant within a "grow your own" workforce model
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Work closely with Public Health and strategic partners to improve access and outcomes across the local system.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for an experienced and passionate sexual health nurse who is motivated by reducing inequalities and improving access for vulnerable populations.
You'll be someone who:
✅ Thrives working autonomously
✅ Has substantial experience in sexual health and contraception services
✅ Is confident managing complex clinical situations
✅ Understands the impact of trauma on health outcomes
✅ Can build meaningful partnerships across health, social care and the voluntary sector
✅ Wants to influence service development rather than simply deliver it
✅ Is committed to supporting and developing others.
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Registered General Nurse
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FSRH Diploma
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Competency and experience in implant and coil fitting and removal
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STIF Intermediate Competency (or willingness to work towards)
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Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
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Independent Nurse Prescriber qualification
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Outreach sexual health experience
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Experience working with hard-to-reach populations
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Teaching, mentoring or leadership experience.
Why join HCRG Care Group?
At HCRG Care Group, we believe healthcare should reach people where they are, not where systems expect them to be.
This role offers the chance to:
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Shape a new and innovative service model
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Work at the forefront of health inequality reduction
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Build strong relationships across the wider health and care system
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Combine advanced clinical practice with leadership and strategic influence
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Join an organisation driven by its values of Care, Think and Do.
If you're an experienced Sexual Health Nurse looking for your next challenge and want to make a lasting impact on the lives of women across Leicestershire and Rutland, we'd love to hear from you.
Package Description
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£49,387-£56,515 (Band 7 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
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Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
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Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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