Ambulatory Outreach Nurse
| Posting date: | 28 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 July 2024 |
| Location: | Banbury, OX16 9AL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9321-24-1732 |
Summary
We are responsible for providing an alternative to acute hospital admission, treating and monitoring patients so that they can remain at home or in their care home during acute illness. This includes supporting care homes and patients with covid-19 with visits and following them after discharge through our covidcare@home virtual ward. We also facilitate early supported discharge from hospital, providing care that would previously been provided in an acute setting. We can provide: Point of care blood testing, point of care ultrasound (POCUS), and we can guide clinical management decisions, non-medical prescribing, intravenous therapy, drain management, nebulisation, clinical reviews, insulin administration, support with care, management of heart failure/COPD. The team consists of visiting Ambulatory Consultant, Specialist Nurse Practitioners and Paramedics with a dedicated team Pharmacist. Our teams aim is to provide treatment or care in the patient's home that is equivalent to inpatient care. We work collaboratively across the whole of Oxfordshire with all hospital at home services and the Urgent Community Response Service (2-hour response). We are a fast-developing service, now Neutralising Monoclonal Antibodies (nMAb) treatment is starting within our service for covid infection patients who are immunocompromised and may not have mounted an adequate response to covid vaccination. The successful candidate will need enhanced clinical decision-making skills, as we take our specialist nursing skills into individuals homes. They would be responsible for assessing patients, planning their care, administering treatment, and discharging or referring patients to other appropriate healthcare services. As part of Covid Care at Home we will use these skills to triage patients virtually and discharge or escalate patients care needs as appropriate. We are a supportive service and training will be provided. We have regular teaching sessions and days to enhance staffs development and there is opportunity for development through advanced courses at Brookes such as the Advanced History Taking course. Please contact Linsey.davis@ouh.nhs.uk or Kathryn.Lowe@ouh.nhs.uk for more information or to arrange an informal visit. Planned interview date: to be confirmed Please see Job Description PDF files attached.