Community intravenous nurse

Medway Community Healthcare; Rochester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic social enterprise dedicated to providing high-quality care in the community. As a senior nurse specializing in intravenous therapy, you will play a crucial role in delivering exceptional clinical services to patients with complex needs. This innovative organization values your expertise and offers a supportive environment where you can thrive and make a significant impact. With opportunities for professional development and a commitment to work-life balance, this role is perfect for those passionate about patient care and looking to contribute to a team that truly values excellence. Embrace the chance to be part of a forward-thinking healthcare provider that prioritizes both staff and patient satisfaction.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

In-service training

One-to-one supervision

Opportunity to become a shareholder

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with extensive experience in intravenous therapy.
• Leadership skills to manage and support nursing teams effectively.
• Competence in cannulation and venepuncture required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver all aspects of medication clinic services and intravenous therapy.
• Supervise practice, audit clinical care, and provide professional leadership.
• Manage a defined patient caseload and ensure high-quality patient care.

Skills

Intravenous therapy

Clinical leadership

Cannulation

Venepuncture

Patient assessment

Education

First level registered nurse (adult)

District nurse qualification

Community pathway degree

Tools

Syringe drivers

Infusion pumps

Vascular access devices

Job description

Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:

• is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked ‘Good’ by the CQC;
• is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
• is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
• offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
• and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want to be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

Job overview

• Do you have a passion and special interest for patients who require specialized care and treatment of intravenous lines/therapy/drains?
• Are you a skilled nurse with excellent interpersonal and clinical skills to work within a team specialising in intravenous therapy?

If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!

We are looking for a senior nurse to work with patients as part of the medication team. The right person will provide excellent clinical skills and have a special interest in central access devices, IV therapy and drain management as well as the management of complex patient needs. As a team our aim is to provide a seamless and quality service to patients requiring different types of intravenous therapy both in the community and clinic setting.

If this is you we look forward to welcoming you to our team.

Main duties of the job

• To work within the medication clinic team and neighbourhood nursing team and deliver all aspects of medication clinic services and intravenous therapy.
• To supervise practice, audit clinical care, teach and support colleagues and provide professional leadership.
• To work as a clinically independent and autonomous practitioner, and manage a defined patient caseload.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner throughout the community and in medication clinic to provide a high-quality professional service driven by clinical excellence to all patients who require intravenous antibiotics, injectable medication, indwelling drain and catheter management.
• To maintain delivering seamless quality services of the medication clinic through a 7-day week inclusive of bank holidays.
• To plan and facilitate training programmes for all aspects of intravenous therapy in the community.
• To strive for quality and improvement towards the provision of a positive patient experience which can include innovative care pathways such as Virtual wards and OPAT.

Working for our organisation

So what else?

• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Communication and relationship skills

Internal: Head of service, Clinical lead, Clinical nurse managers, Advanced Community Practitioners, Team leaders, Community nursing staff, Other services/professionals, MedOCC

External: Patients and their family/carers, GP’s and practice teams, Social services, Voluntary agencies including care navigators, Housing services, Other primary healthcare organisations, Acute hospital trusts, Community pharmacists, Care home providers and staff, Continuing care

Ensure effective communication within the community nursing team, the patient and other professional main stream services and to act as the patient advocate. Communicate complex patient information, verbally and in writing to various professionals. Provide advice, motivation and education to patient’s family and carers in respect of their medical/health condition, where there may be barriers to understanding, being empathetic and providing reassurance.

2. Knowledge, training and experience

• Registered 1st Level Nurse
• ENB 998/preparation of mentors
• District nurse qualification or educated to degree level in the community pathway desirable
• Evidence of further learning
• Nurse prescribing qualification or the willingness to undertake qualification
• Extensive intravenous therapy experience in the administration of IV medications through a variety of devices
• Competent in Cannulation and Venepuncture
• Proven experience in acute care desirable
• Anaphylaxis experience and competence
• Evidence of appropriate core community nursing clinical competence and ongoing professional development. Additional knowledge to include venous anatomy and physiology.
• Up to date knowledge of local and national nursing, health, social care drivers and policies.
• Understanding of the community setting and functioning of community services.
• Act as a resource for the community nursing service.
• Teach Community Nurses best practice for IV therapy and essential steps audits.
• Responsible for annual updates and signing staff competencies

3. Analytical and judgement skills

Assess patients/community health needs, develop, implement and evaluate health care programmes to ensure effective high quality, evidence based health care, health promotion and protection. This will be done in agreement with the patient. This will take account of patients with complex and intensive needs e.g. care of the dying, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, case conferences and transfer of care planning.

4. Planning and organisational skills

Actively manage a defined community caseload within Medway Community Healthcare according to set criteria, standards and organisational policies. Prioritise and allocate workload. Assist with the organisation of the IV training programme including annual updates and staff competencies.

5. Physical skills

Undertake a range of clinical skills including intravenous therapy, vascular access devices, cannulation, syringe drivers, phlebotomy, wound/ leg ulcer management and catheter care. Basic keyboard skills are required.

6. Responsibility for patient / client care

Assess patients/community sometimes complex health needs. To develop, implement and evaluate health care programmes to ensure provision of effective high quality, evidence based health care including health promotion. To liaise with other services to provide a seamless patient experience and quality outcome. To assess patients for specialist equipment and provide the appropriate teaching to patients, relatives, carers and colleagues to ensure correct and safe use. Actively promote equality and value diversity.

7. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model, adhering to the NMC code of professional conduct and organisational policies and protocols. Comment on policies and procedures. Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities including risk assessments, complaint investigation. Participate in data collection, activity reporting and outcome measuring for community nursing. Identify and progress practice development to improve patient care standards and outcomes. Actively progress integrated/interprofessional patient care. Contribute to the achievement of organisation and community nursing service objectives.

8. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

Authorised signatory for Teams expenses, study leave and timesheets. Responsible for the safe use of expensive equipment e.g. syringe drivers, infusion pumps, specialist venous equipment. Promote compliance to the organisations procedures for supply of consumables including IV supplies and dressings.

9. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

Manage a defined caseload in accordance with agreed criteria. Assist with managing the Community Nursing Team, i.e. Community Staff Nurses, associate practitioners and Healthcare Assistants. To include recruitment, staff appraisal, supervision of practice, training and education, induction and rotas. Management responsibility for ensuring continuing quality of patient care by evidence based practice. Provide teaching and education to students, colleagues, patients, relatives and carers. Provide clinical cover for other team leaders in their absence. Participate in own appraisal and clinical supervision as supervisee and/or supervisor. Support new members of the community nursing team and students.

10. Responsibilities for information resources

Ensure records are kept up to date and safeguard patient confidentiality by being aware of professional, legal and ethical responsibilities. Record and submit accurate, timely data and information to inform caseload management and service development.

11. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities to maintain quality of service and support service developments including risk assessments and complaints investigation.

12. Freedom to act

Work as an autonomous practitioner within the community nursing team, with overall management responsibility of a defined caseload. Assist with the management of the community nursing team.

Person specification

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse (adult)
• District Nurse or community pathway degree

Experience

• Knowledge and experience in intravenous therapy
• Leadership and team management

Special knowledge and expertise

• Clinical competence in IV medications, vascular access devices and anaphylaxis
• Demonstrate knowledge of professional issues and current national and local drivers in primary health care

MCH Values

• Good understanding of MCH values

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 week of the closing date; no discourtesy is intended in not contacting you if your application is rejected.

When completing your application, please include the email addresses and contact telephone numbers for your referees; your referees should be your line managers / course tutors for the last 3 years.

MCH is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a compassionate and inclusive workplace and values diversity of all people. We prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any kind and wish to provide our employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At the heart of our values, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect and provide a workplace where people feel they belong.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MCH. We are positive about disability and we guarantee interviews to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria as specified in the job description. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the interview and selection process and through their employee journey.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Erika Warner Job title: Clinical Lead Neighbourhood Nurse Practitioners Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07896156551 Additional information: Heather Ware - IV lead nurse 07817166527

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Bailey Drive
Gillingham Business Park
Gillingham
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