Lead Sexual Health Counsellor

Applications are invited for the position of Lead Community Women’s Health Counsellor. This position is in the Sylvia Pankhurst Centre at Mile End Hospital in East London, which is part of ALL EAST Integrated Sexual Health Services, Barts Health NHS Trust.

The Lead Community Women’s Health Counsellor will play a pivotal role in the coordination and provision of counselling support to clients accessing services at Sylvia Pankhurst Centre, an integrated Termination of Pregnancy Service and Women’s Health Service for Tower Hamlets. The post holder will offer assessment and counselling support as part of an integrated pathway, for clients accessing care relating to female genital mutilation, menopause, and pregnancy options.

Please note: There is a possibility for increased hours with the new local Women’s Health Hub. With increased hours, this post holder will collaborate with our Service and Clinical Leads in developing counselling support services for this new initiative for East London.

Informal visits from interested applicants are welcomed. For informal visits and enquiries contact Stuart Gibson ([email protected]) or Matthew Toal ([email protected]).

We reserve the right to close adverts before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

The Lead Community Women’s Health Counsellor will play a pivotal role in the coordination and provision of counselling support and intervention to clients accessing services at Sylvia Pankhurst Centre, an integrated Termination of Pregnancy Service and Women’s Health Service for Tower Hamlets. The post holder will offer assessment and time-limited counselling support and intervention as part of an integrated pathway, for clients accessing care relating to female genital mutilation, menopause, and pregnancy options.

The post holder will also serve as a designated link for safeguarding children and adults, and will work closely with the Lead Nurse, Medical Consultant Lead and Sexual Health Safeguarding Advisor/Safeguarding Named Nurse in ensuring high quality care and support for women and their families. The post holder will act as a leader in organising, monitoring, supporting, and supervising a team of Community Women’s Health Counsellors.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stuart Gibson Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [email protected]