This is a bank post as a Community IV Nurse in the Clinical Homecare Nursing Team at Inizio Engage, working alongside NHS teams. The role centres on giving prescribed IV therapies and clinical care to patients in their own homes, with assessment, monitoring and education of patients and carers. It is community-based with regular travel, and shifts depend on patient needs and service demand. Applicants need at least a year of post-registration nursing experience.
What the job involves
- Administer prescribed IV therapies and clinical interventions in line with treatment plans, standard operating procedures and professional standards
- Deliver safe, patient-centred care in patients' homes and community settings
- Undertake clinical assessments and monitoring throughout treatment
- Recognise changes in a patient's condition and escalate clinical concerns
- Make home and community visits for treatment initiation, administration, ongoing care and follow-up
- Care for and manage vascular access devices to clinical and infection prevention standards
- Train, educate and support patients, families and carers to manage treatment safely
- Give clinical advice and build professional relationships with patients and healthcare professionals
- Identify, document and report adverse events and incidents
- Keep accurate, timely clinical records
- Handle medicines, clinical equipment and supplies safely
- Work with NHS colleagues, pharmacists, consultants, specialist nurses and wider multidisciplinary teams to support continuity of care
What’s required
Registration & licences
Experience
- Minimum of one year post-registration nursing experience
- Experience undertaking clinical assessments and recognising changes in a patient's condition
Nice to have
- Experience in IV therapy infusion services or community nursing
- Experience with vascular access devices and IV medication administration
- Experience in parenteral nutrition services
- Experience in oncology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, nutrition support, homecare or other specialist therapies
What’s offered
- Flexibility of bank working
- Opportunity to maintain and develop clinical skills
- Training and continuing professional development
- Reflective practice and evidence-based care
- Support from an experienced wider clinical team