Job summary
- Main area
- OPAT STAFF NURSE (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy)
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-6039472-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum/Pro Rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
OPAT STAFF NURSE (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy)
Band 5
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
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Job overview
To work as part of the new Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service who provide clinical expertise which ensures clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice.
Treatment will be provided in an outpatient setting or in the patient’s own home working alongside our existing community services such as DAART and Virtual Ward. This is to facilitate admission avoidance and early discharge thus reducing the length of stay in hospital for patients receiving IV antimicrobial therapy with the support of microbiology.
To provide the treatment for repatriated STW GP based patients that are requiring home IV treatment following appropriate governance processes. To coordinate and support the IV service and Trust in any new developments of service pathways that the OPAT service can provide under the lead of a Consultant.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure that personal professional practice meets and exceeds the standards set for provision of patient care and contributes to overall excellence within the clinical area.
- Regularly, to take charge of a clinical area, including the assessment of patient care needs, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient care programmes.
- To act as the OPAT co-ordinator in the absence of senior personnel.
- To provide professional leadership and support to nursing colleagues. To contribute to the effective use of resources and assist in the ordering of replacement stock in the absence of the Housekeeper /HCA.
- To assist with supervising and assessing student nurses with their learning and experience in OPAT. To maintain effective communication with various disciplines, relatives, patients and outside agencies within the clinical environment.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN NMC Registered
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency health/social care/ environment
- Experience of successful partnership working arrangements with other services.
- Experience with Intravenous Antibiotic treatment and physical assessment
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Evidence of personal and professional development.
- Influencing, engaging and collaboration skills.
- Evidence of using research to enhance quality of care.
- Good knowledge of profession specific core skills and processes.
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
- Julie Roper
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07779159271
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