IV Access Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their IV management team. This role involves inserting and managing intravenous devices, providing specialist advice, and ensuring high standards of patient care. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and lead training initiatives. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to quality improvement and professional development within a supportive environment, making a real difference in patients' lives across the Liverpool region.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration and IV therapy training.
• Experience in acute hospital settings with IV management skills.

Responsibilities

• Insert and manage intravenous devices and assess patient needs.
• Provide leadership for the nurse-led IV placement team and ensure training.

Skills

Intravenous Therapy Administration

Cannulation

Venepuncture

Patient Assessment

Infection Control

Education

Registered Nurse with Current NMC Registration

1st Level Degree or Equivalent Experience

Post Registration Education in IV Therapy

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To insert medium/long-term intravenous devices including but not limited to midlines and Peripheral Inserted Central Catheters (PICC)

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced based nursing care in relation to IV management and access

To provide specialist advice and work closely with all members of the multi professional teams throughout Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in relation to IV management and access

To provide management and leadership for the nurse led IV placement team

To review and update the Trust IV protocols

To review and coordinate, or where necessary establish appropriate training is in place for all healthcare professionals involved in IV management

To review and co-ordinate and where necessary develop a process of ongoing competency assessment for healthcare professionals involved in IV management (including aseptic technique)

To provide specialist support to nurses, healthcare professionals, other trust staff, patients and visitors in relation to IV management

To contribute to and update Trust wide audit process for IV management

Main duties of the job

Insert medium/long-term intravenous devices including but not limited to midlines and PICCs

Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs in relation to IV management and access.

Perform advanced clinical skills in relation to IV management and access. Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records. Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.

Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professional across health and social services

• Develop knowledge and practice in an area of work regarding IV access and placement and management. This will include the use of specialist equipment (e.g. ultrasound)

To perform and report Trust wide audit process for IV management

• To assist with research and development
• Contribute to the development of IV services and aseptic technique/ANTT including placement (including placement under ultrasound), education, competency testing and audit
• Contribute to quality improvement around IV management.
• Promote people's equality, diversity and rights

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• To organise own specialist workload
• To prioritise workload of themselves and others (as required), assess performance and provide clear constructive feedback to team members
• To be empathetic and reassuring when communicating highly sensitive condition related information and advice to patients, carers and relatives

Managerial/Leadership.

Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients and carers/relatives in relation to IV management and access

Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis in relation to IV management and access.

Evaluate service delivery, identify areas for improvement and initiate change in relation to IV management and access.

Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources; make recommendations regarding supplies and equipment in relation to IV management and access.

• To influence and prioritise the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice in self and others
• To encourage others to seek advice and solutions to problems in relation to IV management and access
• To identify and manage challenging behaviours which may create a barrier to optimal IV management
• To ensure efficient and effective use of material resources/supplies
• To identify any problems with resource use/availability and make recommendations for corrective action which are consistent with team objectives and organisational policies
• Advise on product purchasing in relation to IV management

Education and Development

Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need in relation to IV management and access

Participate in the education of pre and post registered nurses, and curriculum development where appropriate in relation to IV management and access Address specific health targets e.g. CQC, NSF related to own area of practice through education

Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and PREP requirements.

Contribute to the development of a learning organisation alerting managers to resource issues which may affect this

• To participate in specialist IV education and training programmes

Clinical Governance

Identify need for, and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking and equipment trials, in order to improve effectiveness of patient care in relation to IV management and access.

Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.

Responsible for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.

Promote patient and public involvement activities in in relation to IV management and access leading to service improvement.

Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights

• To ensure own actions promote quality and identify and manage any risks
• To lead in setting and maintaining optimal standards of clinical practice in relation to IV insertion and management
• To keep up to date and act consistently with quality standards and guidelines within their own clinical area and associated areas
• To evaluate and review the quality of their own work, and where necessary make the appropriate improvements
• To have an understanding of the quality agenda and how standards of care can be maintained
• To monitor the quality of work in own area, raise quality issues and related risks and bring to the attention of others
• To lead others in understanding how their practice should change to improve quality
• To participate in Trustwide Clinical Governance arrangements
• To ensure that essential information on the patients condition and progress is recorded by self and team members appropriately according to NMC guidelines.
• 5. To participate in the identification of future workforce requirements
• To participate in disciplinary and grievance procedures if required

Registered Nurses at Aintree have a responsibility to

Maintain active status on NMC register

Act always in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and guiding documents

Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure

Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues

Maintain a professional portfolio

• To participate in the appraisal process for themselves and others
• To identify, report and address poor performance issues
• To diffuse challenging behavior, ensuring that the situation is managed in a sensitive way.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of education undertaken at diploma leve
• 1 st level degree or equivalent experience
• Post registration education in Intravenous Therapy Administration/ Care of VADs (within the previous 12 month period)
• Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Demonstrable post registration experience in an acute hospital environment
• Skilled in cannulation and venepuncture
• Competent at insertion/removal of various vascular access devices or with appropriate training
• Experienced in intravenous therapy administration (This experience must be current)
• Extensive experience in the care and maintenance of various vascular access devices within the acute clinical arena
• In depth knowledge of infection control and prevention in relation to vascular access device management
• Participation in research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust