Job summary
- Main area
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2092
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Nurse Practitioner (HIV)
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The HIV team is recruiting a 12-month fixed term (maternity leave cover) band 7 nurse practitioner in HIV. Using advanced clinical skills the post holder will deliver advanced clinical care to our HIV patients in the outpatient and HIV dayward service.
Based at St Mary’s hospital providing HIV care of the highest quality to over 3,200 patients, this role will best suit a skilled & motivated practitioner who has contemporary, sound theoretical knowledge of HIV with proven interest & awareness in HIV issues.
You will possess excellent communication skills & the ability to prioritise & manage your own workload. You will be expected to have the desire to move the service forward using your detailed knowledge of factors influencing HIV care provision in today’s NHS
Main duties of the job
- Giving HIV & co-infection diagnoses; offering appropriate support, follow up & partner notification.
- Managing your own nurse led clinics, including treatment support, stable patients etc.
- Providing HIV specialist advice for inpatient & outpatients.
- Acting as a link with Primary care.
- Mentoring junior staff.
- Taking an active role in departmental teaching.
- Audit, research & service development.
- Managing more junior staff.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (adult) level 1.
- Holds a relevant 1st degree in a nursing or associated discipline
- Mentorship / teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development (advanced assessment and HIV care)
Desirable criteria
- Holds or is working towards masters level study in a relevant area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience in HIV in either junior specialty role or team leader/management role
- Able to demonstrate highly developed specialist and advanced knowledge Score * 14 of HIV
- Able to independently undertake advanced clinical skills such as complex adherence, new starters, switches and the management of HIV patients.
- Experience of change management.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in related areas such as HIV
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate commitment in local and Trust wide vision and values
- Able to demonstrate highly developed specialist and advanced knowledge of Sexual Health
- Ability to independently undertake advanced clinical skills such as symptomatic STI assessment, diagnosis and management
- Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Advanced contraceptive skills such as intrauterine techniques and sub dermal implants
- Experience of addressing behavioural change with patients (such as motivational interviewing)
- Advanced IT skills use
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Grundy-Bowers
- Job title
- Consultant Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 312 1621
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