Enhanced Clinical Practitioner for OPAT

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for Band 7 Enhanced Clinical Practitioners at University Hospitals Dorset, covering maternal leave for 9 months. The role focuses on administering intravenous antimicrobials and developing patient pathways in a supportive team environment, requiring a motivated and enthusiastic nurse.

Qualifications

• Experience managing discrete patient care at an enhanced level.
• Attendance at QI Lite or equivalent quality improvement course.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and organise patients for IV OPAT service.
• Ensure timely assessment and oversight of IV antibiotics delivery.

Skills

Ability to analyse and interpret complex information

Highly specialised clinical skills

Education

Enhanced Clinical Practice qualification, Level 6 or equivalent experience

Supplementary or Independent prescriber

Job description

Main area Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 9 months (9 months maternity cover) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 153-ME04720

Department name 1. UHD - General Recruitment Site Poole and Bournemouth Town Poole Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 07/07/2025 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 7 ECP’s to join the the acute out-patient parental antimicrobial therapy service as part of UHD’s Virtual Ward/Hospital at Home Project. This position is for 9months to cover Maternity leave. The post requires flexible working between the acute sites and eventually patients’ homes to administer intravenous antimicrobials. Providing a high-quality service that is patient-centred is important to us; the successful candidate will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with a flexible, dynamic approach to patient care.

This project is still in developmental stages and continuing the development and expansion of patient pathways will be a major part of your role.

You will be responsible for the screening of patients onto the pathway, have your own clinical caseload of patients and work closely with the lead Consultant Microbiologist as well as engaging with clinical teams from a variety of specialities and community teams including patients GPs.

Your role will also be vital for management of the service, service improvement and governance.

This team is currently based on the treatment and investigation unit (TIU) and the role will also involve working alongside the TIU team

Main duties of the job

The aim of this role is to help continue to develop the OPAT pathway. As a band 7 ECP you will help co-ordinate and organise patients suitable for the IV OPAT service, ensuring timely and effective assessment for suitability, recruitment to and oversight of the delivery of IV antibiotics to appropriate patients, including admission avoidance, and early supported discharge. There will be a degree of flexibility around how this role is delivered to support best practice for individual patients initially this service with be based on the treatment investigation unit. The delivery of high quality, effective, integrated and compassionate care is central to this role

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The aim of this role is to help continue to develop the OPAT pathway. As a band 7 ECP you will help co-ordinate and organise patients suitable for the IV OPAT service, ensuring timely and effective assessment for suitability, recruitment to and oversight of the delivery of IV antibiotics to appropriate patients, including admission avoidance, and early supported discharge. There will be a degree of flexibility around how this role is delivered to support best practice for individual patients initially this service with be based on the treatment investigation unit. The delivery of high quality, effective, integrated and compassionate care is central to this role

Person specification

Qualifications

• Enhanced Clinical Practice qualification, Level 6 or equivalent experience.
• Supplementary or Independent prescriber

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient’s care at an enhanced level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a general field of expertise.
• Attendance at QI Lite or equivalent quality improvement course.

Skills

• Ability to analyse and interpret complex information from patient assessment and interventions, and freedom to act in managing patients ‘care.
• Highly specialised clinical skills across the relevant speciality i.e. experience in care and management of Mid and Picc lines

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate highly specialised theoretical and practical, enhanced knowledge of various specialties and common presentations
• An understanding of how OPAT services have been run in other Trusts

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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 Annika Hazel Job title Matron Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 019 8439 Additional information

This Post is to cover 9 months Maternity leave