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Sexual Health Nurse
Role summary
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The Sexual Health Nurse provides confidential, inclusive and evidence-based care across sexual health services. Typical duties include assessing patients, supporting screening and testing, treating sexually transmitted infections, providing contraception and pregnancy advice, delivering HIV prevention and care, undertaking partner notification, and promoting safer-sex practices. Applicants generally need current NMC registration, relevant nursing experience, strong communication skills and an understanding of sexual health, safeguarding, confidentiality and infection prevention. Experience in genitourinary medicine, contraception, HIV care or community nursing is advantageous. The successful candidate will be compassionate, non-judgmental, organised and able to work independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
Working in the UK
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About Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS mental health, learning disability, community, and specialist healthcare services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Trust serves a diverse population through hospitals, community clinics, primary-care partnerships and specialist teams. Its services focus on safe, person-centred care, prevention, recovery and reducing health inequalities. Staff work collaboratively across professional disciplines and with local authorities, voluntary organisations and other NHS partners. As a large regional employer, the Trust offers structured NHS pay and benefits, learning and development opportunities, pension membership and access to occupational wellbeing support. A Sexual Health Nurse may work with patients from varied backgrounds and contribute to accessible, confidential services that promote public health and prevent infection. The organisation values compassion, inclusion, professionalism, safeguarding and continuous improvement.