Clinical Nurse Specialist Intravenous Therapy Lead
The closing date is 08 March 2026
Job summary
Clinical Nurse Specialist Intravenous Therapy Lead - Band 7
Location: Swindon Intermediate Care Centre (SwICC) / Community - postholder may be required to travel across BaNES, Swindon, and Wiltshire.
Job Purpose
This is a high-profile leadership role essential to the ongoing development and provision of community intravenous therapy. You will be the clinical driving force behind the service, ensuring patients receive high-quality, complex care in the community setting rather than a hospital ward.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Specialist Leadership: Serve as the Specialist Nurse Lead for IV Therapy across the organisation, providing expert, evidence-based advice to clinical staff, clients, and their carers.
- Autonomous Clinical Practice: Manage and prioritise a complex caseload independently. You will deliver and oversee advanced treatments, including blood transfusions, platelets, IV fluids, Venesection, and IV medications.
- Advanced Decision-Making: Act as an autonomous practitioner, utilising independent prescribing (where appropriate) and holistic assessment skills to manage complex therapeutic interventions.
- Role Modelling & Mentorship: Act as a clinical role model, supporting other healthcare professionals in navigating complex decision-making and therapeutic
- management.
- Service Redesign: Lead the development, redesign, and assessment of care pathways to ensure patients requiring community IV therapy receive timely and effective interventions.
- Governance & Policy: Lead the formulation, monitoring, and review of IV therapy policies, standards, and guidelines. You will act as the organisation's expert in implementing and disseminating best-practice changes.
We are looking for a registered nurse with significant experience in IV therapy and the clinical credibility to lead a service at Band 7.You must be comfortable working independently across a wide geographical area (including BaNES and Wiltshire) and possess the leadership skills to influence policy and practice at a senior level.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
03 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/111228/18240
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 6BB
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 6BB
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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