OPAT Staff Nurse

Locala Health and Wellbeing; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Kirklees is looking for a Staff Nurse to join their Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) team. The role involves delivering IV antibiotic therapy in a home care setting, requiring excellent communication and clinical skills. The position supports work-life balance with flexible working arrangements and offers a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous pension

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Motivated and caring nurse with a focus on IV antibiotic therapy in the community.
• Experience working in a similar role or environment is preferred.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Join the OPAT team to deliver IV antibiotic and NMAB therapy at home.
• Integrate with an MDT to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Utilize mobile technology to enhance the service delivery.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

IV skills

IT skills including SystmOne

Ability to work independently

Teamwork

Job description

Job Role

Staff Nurse

Band 5: £31,049 - £37,796

37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered)

Permanent

Service operating hours: 7-day service, 08:00-21:00

Responsibilities

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, caring nurse to join our 'Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy' (OPAT) team, who is also able to work independently / mobile and as a team. The team currently works a mixture of 7.5 hour early and late shifts. Our OPAT service, part of Locala’s 'Ageing Well' services, comprising of our Clinical Lead, Band 6 Clinical Coordinator and a team of band 5 Nurses working across the Kirklees area, with supporting clinicians from the acute trusts and other community partners. The service covers the Kirklees community and offers a 7-day service, from 8am until 9pm. The team’s aim is to prevent unnecessary lengthy admission to hospital by providing IV antibiotic therapy and NMAB therapy to medically stable patients in their own homes. The post holder will require excellent communication skills and clinical skills including IV skills to deliver treatment and build relationships and network with key stakeholders to enable service delivery. As a digital enterprise, we are thinking forward in the use of IT skills including SystmOne. Using initiative is essential, as is skill sharing with colleagues within the team, and the wider organisation. It is essential that all the team members work closely together, to truly integrate an MDT and provide a comprehensive service whilst working closely with the acute trusts. We are committed to supporting CPD through our robust appraisal system. This is delivered by in-service training, access to external courses and clinical supervision. Locala is committed to helping employees achieve a positive work‑life balance and promotes mobile working. Staff are provided with mobile technology.

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Full details of the role

Please see job description and Person specification.

Contact

Elkie Moffatt – Team Leader for Unplanned Care – [e-mail] or 030 336 165 9839. Vicki Watson – Clinical Nurse Lead for OPAT – [e-mail] or 030 333 09349.

Closing date

8th December 2025

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications.

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos. Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve. We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”

Benefits

• Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work‑life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension – We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme – If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.