OPAT and IV Therapy Nurse
Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
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Job summary
Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS) are working in partnership with the acute trust to provide a new and exciting opportunity for any registered qualified practitioner interested in delivering an IV service to patients in their own homes or community settings.
This job is open to all registered practitioners who are able to deliver or train to deliver IV Therapy, including nurses, paramedics both newly qualified and experienced.
A bespoke training package has been developed where you will work closely with members of the IV team as well as the outpatients and day theatre teams
The job will cover 7 days working, full and part time posts will be considered.
This teams aim will be to provide care to the patients within their own homes or community settings to help ease bed capacity within the acute hospitals and to deliver a care closer to home for their patients.
The new adventure is due to start as soon as possible and will involve a small team of registered practitioners working closely together to deliver patients IV Therapy, mainly antibiotics, to the patient within the comfort of their own homes or communities.
Teams will be based in three community hospital sites across the county, Gainsborough, Skegness and Spalding.
Teams will be line managed by a band 6 and over seen by the Outpatients and Day Theatres Clinical Team Lead.
Main duties of the job
You will be accountable for the daily delivery of IV Therapy through a CVAD device; interventions will include assessment, treatment, and evaluate your patients care, observations, drug calculations, blood taking, dressing, and recording visits and care delivered in a patient electronic record.
About us
The role will involve working in a small community team delivering care to patients in their own home or community settings. You will work in partnership with patients, carers and other health professionals to promote health and social wellbeing developing individualised care plans for each patient.
Date posted
20 January 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
818-OUT006
Job locations
John Coupland Hospital, Gainsborough; Skegness Community Hospital, Skegness; Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding.
Gainsborough, Skegness, Spalding
DN21 2TJ
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
Address
John Coupland Hospital, Gainsborough; Skegness Community Hospital, Skegness; Johnson Community Hospital, Spalding.
Gainsborough, Skegness, Spalding
DN21 2TJ
Employer's website
https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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