46 EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST jobs in England & Wales

The pharmacy department is seeking to recruit a Band 5 to 6 Progressional Specialist Nurse to the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) team. This is an exciting opportunity to join this well-established and successful service supporting the delivery of specialised nursing care to patients who require outpatient or domiciliary intravenous antimicrobial therapy. You will assist the Lead OPAT Nurse and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary teams in providing expert advice to ensure safe and effective administration and supply of intravenous antimicrobials to facilitate positive patient outcomes. You will assess, evaluate and actively support patients starting from referral to discharge from the service to reduce length of hospital stay, avoid admission and improve patient flow., The post holder will:

• Support the Lead OPAT Nurse to facilitate and provide high quality specialist nursing care to all patients who require outpatient or domiciliary intravenous antimicrobial therapy.
• Assist in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the OPAT service.
• In the absence of the Lead OPAT Nurse, ensure day to day organisation, management, review and evaluation of the OPAT service, ensuring systems are in place to secure comprehensive service delivery for the local population.
• Work in collaboration with the Medicines Optimisation Team and Antimicrobial Stewardship Team to provide a consistently high level of safe and effective management of antimicrobials in line with corporate objectives and government initiatives.
• Provide expert information and advice about OPAT services to medical, nursing and allied healthcare professionals in the Trust and local area to ensure safe and effective administration and/or supply of medications to facilitate positive patient outcomes.
• Represent the Trust alongside the Lead OPAT Nurse to participate in relevant local, regional and national sector wide forums related to OPAT services.
  
  You must be energetic, motivated and assertive with highly developed communication and interpersonal abilities. You will also need to work autonomously and be confident to work under your own initiative but also work well within a small but dynamic team., You will need to be a motivated individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure, maintaining a pivotal link between inpatient and domiciliary teams in order to provide excellent safe, personal and effective patient care., Current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Degree in Nursing/health related subject or working towards this
• Completion of IV therapy course
Desirable criteria
• Teaching qualification
• Leadership qualification
• Independent/supplementary prescriber qualification or willingness to work towards, Experience of working within at least two specialities
• Understanding of antimicrobial stewardship
• Computer literacy
• Evidence of competence to work within policies and procedures
Desirable criteria
• Experience of community issues/needs
• Experience of developing and delivering educational programmes
• Experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures, Proficient in the preparation and administration of IV medicines
• Competent in cannulation and venepuncture
• Excellent understanding of infection prevention and control procedures
• Adaptable and able to work in different clinical environments
Desirable criteria
• Research participation/understanding of clinical trials, Ability to organise and manage time
• Ability to work independently as well as within the team
• Work flexibly, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from serious emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements. We are a large and forward-thinking department, always looking to develop new pathways to improve patient outcomes and experiences to ensure patients are safely discharged. In June 2023 a new electronic patient record (EPR) and electronic prescribing and administration of medicines (EPMA) system was implemented, enabling the OPAT team to improve clinical screening and prescribing of appropriate intravenous antibiotics through the use of an electronic care plan. Over 120 patients are safely discharged onto the OPAT service each year from the Medical, Surgical and Ambulatory Care wards across the Trust. You may be interested to know that East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides onsite parking and is well connected to the motorway network, making it an easy commuting distance from Manchester and Liverpool, with many of our team hailing from these locations. The Lake District is a short drive away for leisure activities., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

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• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.