Job summary
- Main area
- OPAT
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
- Job ref
- 356-24-6206045
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hull Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead Nurse for OPAT
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The post holder will be a clinical nurse specialist for OPAT who will work as part as a cohesive multidisciplinary team across the acute trust.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a high quality, holistic service by coordinating and ensuring the safe delivery of intravenous and complex oral antibiotics for outpatients.
Main duties of the job
You will act as the first point of contact for referrals into the service from inpatient teams as well as direct referrals from the emergency department and general practice.
You will have a high degree of autonomy and self-direction with support and advice available from a senior infectious diseases doctor. The individual will be an experienced registered nurse who will work to provide clinical nursing leadership for the OPAT service.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of infection and antimicrobials and OPAT
- Experience of vascular access and the use of ultra sound for line insertion
- Knowledge of local and national health policy
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
- Able to insert PICC lines
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in OPAT and/or infectious diseases
- Expert at venepuncture and cannulation
- Experience of Nurse-led triage
Desirable criteria
- Project management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Chloe Walsh
- Job title
- Department of Infection Consultant for OPAT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 461319
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