Infection Outpatient Nurse | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inclusive of HCAS, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, WC1E 6JB |
| Company: | University College London Hospital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6225120/309-UCLH-4258 |
Summary
At UCLH our success starts with you.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation.
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) is seeking two experienced band 6 nurses for a part time position in our Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy Service in Infectious Diseases Outpatients. One working 4 days a week from Friday to Monday (9am to 5pm) and the other working 3 days a week from Saturday to Monday (9am to 5pm) including working bank holidays that normally fall on Monday’s and Friday’s.
Our services include consultant led clinics and nurse led clinics. The HTD serves long and short-term travellers, immigrants, and refugee populations and those preparing for travel. We also see a broad range of non-tropical infections from the community and healthcare settings in our infectious diseases clinics, in a rapid and responsive manner.
HTD on its 100th year, dates its origins to the old British Royal navy warship HMS Grampus, which in 1821 was turned into a floating hospital for the treatment of tropical and infectious Diseases. Since 1821 HTD has played a historical role in the development of modern medicine and dedicated to Tropical Medicine. HTD is a constantly evolving service which continuously provides new opportunities to expand experience and knowledge of the team with improvement projects, research and pilot projects.
The two post holders will work on the weekend in the CMDU (Covid Medicine Decision Unit) room at the main building providing IV antibiotics and IV Antibody (Sotrovimab) and in infection outpatient during weekdays.
The two post holders will need to be able to work collaboratively, have good communication skills and be flexible and adaptable to the changing workload of a clinic environment.
The post holder will need to be IV competent.
The post holder will need to be able to manage different cohorts of patients attending the clinic at a weekend.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024
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