Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead Nurse for OPAT | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6206045/356-24-6206045 |
Summary
The post holder will be a clinical nurse specialist for OPAT who will work as part as a cohesive multidisciplinary team across the acute trust.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a high quality, holistic service by coordinating and ensuring the safe delivery of intravenous and complex oral antibiotics for outpatients.
You will act as the first point of contact for referrals into the service from inpatient teams as well as direct referrals from the emergency department and general practice.
You will have a high degree of autonomy and self-direction with support and advice available from a senior infectious diseases doctor. The individual will be an experienced registered nurse who will work to provide clinical nursing leadership for the OPAT service.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024