Job summary
- Main area
- Infectious Diseases OPAT unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day service)
- Job ref
- 190-7797-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/07/2024
Employer heading
Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust OPAT service is a non-in-patient parenteral antibiotic service, currently run from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The service provides specialist care to facilitate admission avoidance and early supported discharge of medically stable patients who remain in hospital.
The Band 6 will provide a pivotal role in the department facilitating nurse delivered clinics and supporting junior staff in the delivery of patient care.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated qualified nurse who is driven by service development, would like to work in a department that is looking to expand and would like to be part of change.
If you have good time management skills, have the skills to teach others, are methodical in your practice and have the patient at the centre of the care you deliver then this could be the job for you. You will need to have at least 2 years’ experience of working in an acute setting, have intravenous antibiotics experience, have experience in managing patient flow either in an outpatient or inpatient setting and be flexible in your working hours.
(The service is looking to expand so the need to be flexible with the potential to work in the community, in the patients home or across site is essential)
Experience in vascular access devices would be an advantage but is not essential as training will be given.
Please Note: Only those applicants that meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
- To work within a multi-disciplinary team in the development and delivery of the highest level of clinical practice within OPAT service and E3 OPD day care facilities.
- To work in partnership with the lead clinician, multi-disciplinary team, and community nurses to implement a high quality service to patients using a combined approach, involving different models of antibiotic therapy administration.
- To provide clinical expertise and professional resource to the multi-disciplinary team caring for people who require OPAT.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered First Level Nurse
- Nursing Degree (undertaken or working towards)
- ENB 998/C&G 7306/7 or equivalent teaching qualification
- Relevant post basic education
Desirable criteria
- Management or leadership training
- Experience of leading and managing a team
- Completion of NMP course or actively working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience at Band 5 within the OPAT service or relevant autonomous nursing role within acute care
- Experience within an acute NHS setting of caring for patients with diseases of infection
- Evidence of applying research and audit in practice
- Evidence of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
- Evidence of policy and protocol development
Desirable criteria
- Relevant NHS experience at Sister/Charge Nurse or equivalent involving the care of patient with diseases of infections
- Experience at band 5 within the OPAT service or relevant autonomous nursing role
- Evidence of policy and protocol development
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Completion of Intravenous drug administration training competences
- Experience of caring for patients with peripheral and central lines in-situ
Desirable criteria
- Completion of peripheral/PICC line insertion training
- Competent in phlebotomy
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Commitment to developing and sharing knowledge
- Understanding of Clinical Governance issues Proven ability to work Autonomously
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use and interpret spreadsheets
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Commitment to professional development
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Valid driving licence and have use of a car A/I A/I service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beverley Davies
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2265383
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