Senior Sexual Health Nurse - Outreach | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Sexual Health Outreach Nurse to join our Sexual Health Service.

This is an opportunity to take sexual healthcare beyond traditional clinic settings and work directly with people in the communities where they live, learn and access support. You will work across a range of settings, including schools and colleges, residential settings for young people, secure units and community venues, with a particular focus on people who may experience barriers toaccessing mainstream sexual health services.

You will provide accessible, non-judgemental sexual healthcare including screening, HIV point-of-care testing, contraception and emergency contraception advice, health promotion and supportaround sexual health and relationships.

You will build strong links with community partners, improve engagement with vulnerable and underserved groups and help reduce stigma around sexual health and HIV.

Deliver sexual health outreach services across community settings, including schools, colleges, residential settings, secure units and community venues. Engage with young people, vulnerable groups and people who may experience barriers to accessing traditional clinic-based services. Provide sexual health screening and HIV point-of-care testing within appropriate outreach settings. Provide advice and support on contraception, emergency contraception, sexual health, healthy relationships and risk reduction. Identify sexual health needs and support people to access appropriate clinical services and ongoing care where required. Develop trusted relationships with communities and partner organisations to improve engagement and access to services. Deliver sexual health promotion and education, helping to reduce stigma associated with sexual health and HIV. Work independently and flexibly, adapting delivery to meet the needs of different communities and settings. Contribute to the development of outreach pathways and new ways of delivering care within the neighbourhood model. Maintain high standards of safeguarding, confidentiality, documentation and professional practice.

Additional Working Pattern

Monday -Friday with occasional weekends for events such as Pride. Early, late and occasional evening

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

This advert closes on Friday 6 Nov 2026