Our Clinical Homecare Nursing team really love what they do! Working in Partnership with our NHS colleagues to provide individualised quality nursing care to patients requiring Parenteral Nutrition and other IV therapies in their home.
Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic Nurse who is seeking a new challenge and looking to take the next step in their nursing career?
This position provides the successful candidate with the opportunity to enhance professional growth whilst developing existing skills.
Key Details:
Location: Working with trusts and patients in cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas.
Working hours: Monday to Sunday, 40 hours over 5 days per week on a rolling rota.
The shifts are structured as split shifts to accommodate patient needs. This means you will typically work around 4 hours in the morning to disconnect patients, and another 4 hours in the evening to reconnect them, with a break in the middle of the day. Flexibility is essential; some days may be longer or shorter depending on patient visits, but overall, average out to 40 hours per week.
The salary for the role is £42,445 per annum.
Your main responsibilities:
- To administer prescribed IV therapies and associated care and support to patients who are unable to be trained to independence.
- Provide training, education and support to patients/carers with regards to the equipment and infusion devices required for infusion/administration of therapies to independence.
- Provide training, education and support to patients/carers in the connection and disconnection of PN and IV therapies to independence.
- Provide training, education and support patients/carers in the care and management of their CVAD in accordance with local policies and national guidelines to independence.
- Participate on the on-call rota, make autonomous decisions to resolve out of hours queries and escalate to the Senior on-call if required.
- Work with the Practice Development Nurse and Regional Lead Nurse in discharge management including pre-discharge assessment visits and home assessments and following relevant processes, to provide a seamless service.
- Support the Installation of new TransCare patients – complete all relevant documentation and escalate any issues.
Experience Required:
- Intensive Care / High dependency / General surgery/ nursing care experience at a level equal to top of Band 5.
- Current clinical experience minimum of last 2 years.
- Competent in the management and delivery of PN and other IV Therapies.
- Competent in the care and management of CVADs.
- Blood samples from CVADs.
What you need to succeed:
- A Registered General Nurse with current NMC qualifications.
- Mentoring/Teaching Certificate or equivalent (or attain within 12 months).
- Excellent communication skills, time management skills and the ability to work well against strict timescales.
- The ability to make correct clinical decisions in a clinical emergency situation.
- Flexibility to travel to support Homecare patients and/or careers is essential.
What you get in return:
- An electric or hybrid company car
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- NMC Registration paid for
- 7% employer pension contribution
- 3x Salary life assurance
- Group income protection scheme
- Enhanced sick pay and family friendly payments
- Private medical insurance
- Health and wellbeing programme
- Employee assistance programme
- And much more…
Apply now! We look forward to receiving your application! #WeAreTeamBB
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