Job summary
- Main area
- Registered Nurse or IV Therapy Practitioner;
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 818-NUR178
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Wide
- Town
- County Wide
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community IV Therapy Service Nurse
Band 5
LCHS Way
We Listen, We Care, We Act, We Improve
We listen: we engage with everyone we work with, we are united, we are always positive
We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountabilty, emphasis on simplicity
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
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Job overview
Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS) have an opportunity for Registered Nurses to join their IV Therapy Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a newly established and fast-growing service within LCHS and is open to all registered practitioners who are interested in the delivery of IV Therapy in a community setting, both newly qualified and experienced registrants. The team aim is to provide care to patients within their own homes or community settings to prevent acute hospital admissions, help ease bed capacity within the acute hospitals and to deliver care closer to home for patients.
The job covers 7 days a week working, with full and part time posts being considered. Teams are cross county working being based in three community hospital sites across the county, Gainsborough, Skegness, and Spalding. The majority of visits for this post will be in the south of the county however it would be expected that all staff be willing to travel to patients countywide as required.
A bespoke robust training package has been developed where you will have the opportunity to work closely with members of the IV team as well as completing any necessary additional training for the role with our other service providers.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve working in a community team delivering care to patients in their own home or community settings. You will work in partnership with patients, carers and other health professionals to promote health and social wellbeing developing individualised care plans for each patient.
You will be accountable for the daily delivery of IV Therapy through a CVAD device; interventions will include assessment, treatment, and evaluate your patients care, observations, drug calculations, blood taking, dressing, and recording visits and care delivered in a patient electronic record.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main responsibilities
To deliver IV Therapy to patient within their own home or community setting
To be able to assess and mange CVAD lines
To be able to record electronic patient records
To be up to date with safeguarding and life support training
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification to degree level
- IV experience
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- NHS Experience
- Ability to work alone and manage own work load
Desirable criteria
- IV and CVAD competent
- ILS Trained
- Safeguarding knowledge and skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Smith
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07583114647
- Additional information
Victoria Clay - Senior IV Nurse 07561703476
Katie Martin - Senior IV Nurse 07561704076
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