HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 7

HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 7 Overview

This role involves providing effective clinical leadership and direction for HIV care across services within London North West Healthcare (LNWH). The successful candidate will support the delivery of high-quality nursing care to individuals living with HIV, ensuring that quality standards are upheld and patient outcomes are enhanced. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is essential for the effective delivery of care.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide specialized nursing care and lead nurse-led HIV clinics for adults living with HIV, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• Promote patient wellbeing, self-management, and adherence to treatment, ensuring patients understand their health needs and can access appropriate services.
• Deliver expert advice, education, and health promotion to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.
• Support patients through new HIV diagnoses, treatment pathways, and ongoing management while maintaining confidentiality and dignity.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, sexual health services, Infectious Diseases teams, community organizations, and external agencies to coordinate high-quality care.
• Provide specialized nursing interventions, monitor outcomes, and respond effectively to urgent or complex clinical situations.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to data reporting, audits, quality improvement, and service development.
• Ensure that practices align with Trust policies, NMC standards, and national HIV guidelines.
• Act as a clinical leader and role model, supporting and developing junior staff and students.
• Contribute to recruitment, induction, appraisal, training, clinical audits, and governance activities.
• Promote effective communication across services and support the ongoing development of HIV care within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Essential: Post-registration qualification in HIV, BSc in Adult Nursing, and NMC registration.
• Desirable: Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake it, and counseling skills.

Experience and Knowledge

• Essential: Minimum of 2 years of experience working within HIV services at Band 6 level, experience managing patients with adherence issues, and up-to-date knowledge of HIV medications and treatments.
• Desirable: Experience in managing complex cases and liaising with health and social care professionals.

Benefits

• Salary range of £55,524 to £62,652 per annum.
• Permanent contract with full-time working hours.
• Opportunity to work within a diverse population and a university teaching NHS trust.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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