Vascular Access NurseSpecialist/Practitioner

NHS; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cramlington is seeking an experienced Vascular Access Nurse Specialist/Practitioner to join their Vascular Access Team. The role involves performing vascular access procedures, supporting clinical teams, and delivering education on best practices. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with experience in vascular access and a commitment to continuing professional development. This position offers the opportunity for career advancement within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in vascular access.
• Valid driving license and car ownership for job requirements.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support the senior Vascular Access Team in daily operations.
• Perform vascular access procedures such as midlines insertion.
• Participate in clinical audits and contribute to service improvements.

Skills

Experienced in vascular access

Education and training delivery

Clinical audit experience

Infection control knowledge

Ability to mentor and supervise

Education

Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

Current NMC/HCPC registration

Qualification in teaching and assessing

Job description

Vascular Access NurseSpecialist/Practitioner

The closing date is 04 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Specialist Nurse/Practitioner to join our dynamic Vascular Access Team at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH).

As part of a forward-thinking and supportive multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in the delivery of high-quality vascular access services across the Trust. You will be involved in the insertion and management of a variety of vascular access devices (VADs), supporting both inpatient and outpatient care pathways.

This role offers the opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills, contribute to service improvement, and support the training and education of staff across the Trust in best practices for vascular access and line care.

Main duties of the job

• The delivery of education and training relating to VADs trust wide
• Participation in the surveillance of all VADs within the inpatient population
• Facilitating clinical audits and contributing to the development of guidelines and policies relating to vascular access Trust wide
• Inserting a range of VADs at the point of care
• Providing day-to-day supervision of the unqualified members of the VAT in the absence of the senior Vascular Access Team colleagues.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

Support the senior Vascular Access Team (VAT) members in the day-to-day running of the team.

Support clinical teams in the assessment and implementation of a plan of care when a patient has complex vascular access issues.

Perform vascular access procedures at the point of care, such as the insertion of midlines and central venous cannulation, involving the use of intravascular injectates, surgical equipment and ability to suture.

Support the wider VAT to build capacity and capability through work-based and inter-professional learning, and the application of learning to practice.

Act as a role model, educator, supervisor and mentor, whilst working within Trust values.

Contribute to clinical audit and critically engage in research activity using the results to underpin own practice and to inform the practice of others and make organisational recommendations.

Participate in the surveillance of Vascular Access Devices (VADs) Trust wide, monitoring staff compliance with national and Trust best practice recommendations and offering support to clinical teams when indicated.

Participate in the implementation of a Vascular Access Teaching programme for Clinical Teams.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)
• Current NMC/HCPC registration
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by specialist professional knowledge and specialist knowledge of intravascular administration, cannulation and venepuncture, through equivalent experience
• Extended clinical practice underpinned by training supervision & assessment
• Meets requirements for mentorship
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Qualification in teaching and assessing

Experiance

• Specialist knowledge of VADS, their insertion, ongoing management and associated complications, with particular attention to infection control, underpinned by both theory, experience and/or post graduate study.
• Experience in audit
• Experience in audit
• First level management qualification and/or experience in clinical management
• Experience in surveillance
• Experience in collecting data, writing reports and presenting data and information to key stakeholders of varying levels

Other

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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.

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital