Band 6 Infection Specialist Nurse

To work alongside with the Infection Team on guidance for clinical teams in the area of OPAT with some on the area of education

To provide nursing input into the early discharge of patient on referral to OPAT from ward teams and prevention of admission from Primary care.

To provide initial assessment of patient needs after referral to OPAT

Be confident in the use of intravenous access.

Promote Antimicrobial stewardship.

To involve patients and carers/relatives in the development of services.

To collect and analyze relevant data in conjunction with the Clinical lead for Infection

To liaise with outside health care agencies as necessary

To liaise with clinical staff in other areas of healthcare to ensure a seamless service.

To review national/local documents and advise on their impact on legislation.

To provide readily available information to staff and act as a specialist advisor in all matters relating to OPAT, where specific medical advice is not required.

To advise contracting departments, participating in the preparation of documents relating to service specifications and quality standards.

To take necessary action to ensure the safety and welfare of staff, patients and visitors in compliance with current Health and Safety

To use IT skills to input into MS office applications and specific Infection programmes to ensure the effective communication and storage of patient information relating to OPAT

Liaison/Advice

To provide advice, information and support to the Quality and Governance

To provide advice with regard to risk management, Standards for better Health and other Department of Health guidance.

Personal and Professional Development

To work with colleagues to continuously improve service and support own personal development through clinical supervision or other agreed formal

To represent the Trust in this specialized field of nursing at professional meetings and conferences.

To keep informed of current research, developments and statutory provision and disseminate information as appropriate.

Applicants must be experienced Band 5 / Band 6 Nurses and must be up to date (update completed) and currently practicing relevant clinical skills on Venepuncture ,Cannulation and ANTT. Obtaining Blood cultures, accessing PICC or Midlines are essentials and ABG ,blood culture, Clinical Diagnostics and Examination are desirable.

Applicants should have good interpersonal and communication skills, having an ability to communicate sensitive information to patients and relatives where there may be barriers to communication or when reassurance is required.

All applicants should have good understanding of Sepsis and antimicrobial stewardship as a preference but not essential. Having good educational presentation skills are desirable.,

• Registered Nurse / Midwife


• Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality


• Evidence of continued professional development


Desirable criteria


• Recordable specialist qualification


• Independent Nurse Prescribing


• ECDL, Post registration experience


• Extensive clinical experience


• Involvement in audit


Desirable criteria


• Evidence of leading and facilitating change


• Participation in research, In depth specialist knowledge, Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills


• Effective communicator


• Root Cause Analysis


• Leadership & motivation skills


• Ability to motivate self and others


• Evidence of audit and change management ability


• Computer literate


• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team, Diplomatic


• Assertive and confident


• Recognition of own limitations


• Able to travel between sites


• Flexibility, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The new Royal is due to open in September 2022 which will offer great opportunities.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

Current working hours are 8-10hr shifts between the hours of 8am - 6pm Monday - Friday, please note this is a temporary working pattern and subject to change in accordance with the demands of the service, the service will become a 7-day working service in the near future., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.