A Senior will be appointed with the same essential qualifications and previous knowledge/relevant experience as a health adviser but will also have:

To provide advice, information, education and counselling to patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, herpes, syphilis and hepatitis B & C.

Trainees will be appointed with the same essential qualifications as a health adviser but they may be lacking some of the previous knowledge/ relevant experience. Trainee posts should only be for six months (full time), this time will provide the experience and supervision required for a health adviser
ACCOUNTABLE TO – Clinical Issues to the Consultant in GUM/ HIV
MANAGERIALLY RESPONSIBLE TO:- Senior /Health Adviser where they are in post or a relevant senior member of staff e.g. a clinic manager
JOB SUMMARY

To provide advice, information, education and counselling to patients diagnosed with …

How do we do what we do with patients and how can we do it better?
2000
James Monteith, Jo Greenaway, David Owen – Health Advisers
Central Middlesex Hospital
Acton Lane
London, NW10 7NS
Tel: 0208 453 2220
Email: joanne.greenaway@cmh-tr.nthames.nhs.uk
Summary of research topic:
“Is Health Advising just a job or does it have the characteristics of a profession? Are Health Advisers merely ancillary workers for the medical profession carrying out a delegated range of tasks, or do they have a coherent way of conceptualising their role in a way that relates theory to practice, and which betokens a …

A Literature Review and Research Proposal to Explore the Attitudes and Opinions of Teenagers to Safer Sex
30.03.00
Jean Beard, Health Adviser
GUM Clinic
Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Ynysmaerdy,
Llantrisant
South Wales CF72 8XR
Tel: 01443 443597
If the research work is complete, when was it completed?
May 1999
If the research has been published, please give details:
The dissertation was submitted as part of the requirements for the M.Sc. in Reproductive and Sexual Health Studies. It was presented to the annual Welsh MSSVD Conference and to the Welsh Office Development and Research Bureau.
Summary of research topic:
The aim of the literature review …

A literature review to explore the knowledge and attitudes of health care workers to HIV and AIDS
27.03.00
Sandra Smith, Health Adviser
Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, South Wales CF72 8XR
01443 443597
If the research work is complete, when was it completed?
April 1999.
If the research has been published, please give details:
Submitted as part fulfilment of the M.Sc. in Sexual Health and Reproductive Studies.
Summary of research topic:
The dissertation describes a review of the literature on the impact of knowledge and attitudes of health care professionals in relation to HIV and AIDS and the …

Working Together: meeting the needs of the Black African clients in a UK HIV clinical service
20.03.00
Rose Tobin, Senior Health Adviser
c/o SSHA Research Officer
If the research work is complete, when was it completed?
April 1999.
Summary of research topic or problem and any findings or conclusions:
Evaluation of how a voluntary community based project, Africare, which offers advocacy and an outreach service to black African people affected by HIV/AIDS in the community, is incorporated into a local clinic based service.

Clinical Supervision is Beneficial to Health Advisers/Clinical Nurse Specialists Working within Genito-urinary Medicine
20.10.99
Susan A. Padmore, Health Adviser
c/o SSHA Research Officer
If the research work is complete, when was it completed?
June 1997.
Summary of research topic
The author’s hypothesis was that clinical supervision is beneficial to health advisers/clinical nurse specialists working within Genito-Urinary Medicine. Interviews with Health Advisers and Clinical Nurse Specialists supported this hypothesis.

Some Peoples’ Psychological Experiences of Attending a Sexual Health Clinic and Having an STI
14.10.00
Helen Holgate, Ex-Senior Health Adviser
Kingston Hospital
c/o SSHA Research Officer
If the research work is complete, when was it completed?
1996
If the research has been published, please give details:
Published in SSHA newsletter Spring 1999 and the Journal of the Royal Society, Vol 118, No.2 April 1998
Summary of research topic:
This study considers aspects of the experiences of a group of people attending a sexual health clinic and receiving the diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The study was …

Assessing the impact of pre-test counselling upon HIV transmission, knowledge and motivation to change risk behaviour.
04.11.99
Paul Nicholls and Mime Mathews, Health Adviser
James Paget Health Care Trust
Lowestoft Road,
Gomeston,
Norfolk
Tel: 01493 452747
If the research work is complete, when was it completed?
July 1999.
If the research has been published, please give details:
The research was presented as a poster at the AIDS Impact Conference in Ottawa, Canada, July 1999.
Summary of research topic:
Pre-test counselling provides a unique opportunity for health education and planned behaviour change. The research hypothesis is that knowledge about HIV is increased by pre-test …