OPAT Nurse specialist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7264691/432-HR347-25 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse specialist to join the OPAT team based on The Rushmere Medical Day Unit at Ipswich Hospital.
This is a part time post for 22.5 hours per week, for the following working pattern: 3 days a week, 08:00-16:00 Monday/Tuesday/Friday.
The OPAT Service (outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy) treats a range of patients from all specialities.
The aim of the service is to discharge and support patients to the community who still require a course of intravenous antibiotics. This can be in the form of home administration given by a registered community nurse or via guidance and support for self administration.
You will be responsible for managing and coordinating the OPAT service based at Ipswich hospital.
You will provide clinical, managerial and developmental leadership for the OPAT service.
Further details can be found in the Job description.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Jun 2025