Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 150-OM1349-CC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brighton General Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum/Pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - IV Therapy
Band 5
Job overview
The Brighton and Hove IV Therapy Service has an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic Registered General Nurse (RGN) to join our team. We will welcome applications from newly qualified nurse to experienced nurses. Home IV Therapy has been proven to be a cost efficient way to treat patients while enhancing the patient experience. Our nurses are experts in the delivery of IV medication and in the management of patients with venous access devices. The service supports hospital discharges for patients requiring IV therapy treatments in the community; local oncology departments to assist with the management of treatments and facilitates GP referrals to avoid hospital admissions.
As well as delivering IV therapy to patients in the comfort of their own homes, you will also be working in our designated IV clinics.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role require a dynamic nurse with preferred experience. The nurses role includes IV administration, cannulation and care of all venous access devices. The successful candidate will need excellent communication skills, an aptitude good time management, and a desire to deliver the best service possible for our patients. In addition, the successful candidate will need to demonstrate a sound clinical knowledge; be proficient in basic IT skills and hold a UK driving license with the use of a car for business purposes.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role gives a unique opportunity to develop your skills in a community setting and work in a role delivering bespoke outstanding care in an outpatient clinic environment. Excellent communication skills are essential as the IV Service works closely with clinicians from both the acute and community settings to ensure safe and effective patient care.
The IV Service supports patient independence by teaching self-administration where appropriate enhancing the patient experience by allowing them to carry on with their lives and avoid the disruption that can be caused by a hospital admission.
You will be responsible for all aspects of IV administration and care of venous access devices and will need the clinical knowledge to manage holistic patient care effectively.
We are looking for a reliable, motivated, flexible member of staff with experience in intravenous therapy to join our small team. The post is full time but applicants for part time hours will be considered. The working day is 08:00 - 18:00 and you will be required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN qualification/degree or diploma
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate to the role
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of patients with surgical/medical/chemotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- 1 year post registration experience
- Recently qualified
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a community setting is desirable
- Clinical experience of IV therapy delivery and management of vascular access devices
- Evidence of good communication skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Demonstrates competency in a range of clinical skills including: IV administration, cannulation and venepuncture.
- Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
- A clear understanding of the role of the Community Staff Nurse within the IV Service
- Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- IT literate or willing to achieve within an agreed period
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision, Professional codes of Conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge/understanding of boundaries of role
Desirable criteria
- Experience / Proficiency with cannulation or willingness to learn.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a commitment of life-long learning and development
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Ability to travel between sites, car owner/driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes
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
- Megan Ryrie
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07831145905
- Additional information
Megan Ryrie - Team Lead -07831145905
Jim Blackburn Senior Staff Nurse 07818010639
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