Community IV Therapy Nurse - COVID-19 in Manchester

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) unites five local hospitals to deliver high quality care across the North East of Greater Manchester.

The Alliance provides the benefits of scale but delivers this locally through multiple hospital sites which make up four new Care Organisations – Bury/Rochdale, North Manchester, Oldham and Salford. Using our mantra of ‘Saving lives, Improving lives’, the aim is for our Care Organisations to work closely with the communities they serve to deliver safe, high quality and reliable care, which are trusted, connected and pioneering.

Our Care Organisations are designed to operate within our group arrangement of hospitals, community and healthcare services which bring together over 17,000 staff and the services of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. Our size and geographical reach means we are creating an environment each individual will be inspired and empowered by to be the best they can be. This is a really exciting time to join our new team.

Do you want to be part of a team that is at the forefront of IV therapy Team across Bury & Oldham?

We're on an exciting journey to transform the community services within Bury and Oldham. Our vision is to offer flexible care that best meets patient’s needs.

We aim to be a great place to work. We value the expertise of our qualified nurses as well as members of the multi-disciplinary team and provide opportunities for you to progress in your career, improve patient care and get involved in innovation opportunities and research.

You will be an important part of the team and play a key role in delivering high quality patient care. You will be supported by a number of peers and team leaders.

We are offering many training opportunities, for example V300 prescribing and management models including mentoring and coaching. All staff have access to one- one management supervision ,an annual appraisal with 6 month review and a variety of clinical supervision including case studies, journal club and specialist development sessions.

We are a family-friendly service and offer flexible working options, including various shifts, job share, compressed hours, generous annual leave and more.

When you join our team, we’ll help you find your feet including a supportive I individualised induction programme.

Roles Summary:

The IV service has developed within the community and the team provide community IV services to patients both in a clinic setting and in the patient’s own home (Domiciliary). The services aim to provide IV antibiotics and infusions to patients whom are on a community pathway.

The post holder will provide high quality, skilled IV care and will be expected to participate in a full holistic assessment to meet the patient’s needs.

There are a variety shift patterns available that cover the service over 7 days covering the service between the hours of 08.00 and 20:00hrs

Key responsibilities/ specification

• You will have a degree or diploma and be a member the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Experienced clinician with a special interest in IV therapy
• Working with the multi-disciplinary team and to take the lead on assessment and goal setting with patients whilst supporting and enabling them to remain in the community setting
• You will take a lead role in the assessment and treatment, to identify and address individual needs.
• You will have a broad range of experience managing medical, surgical, neurological and mental health conditions.
• You must have excellent communication and organisational skills and have the ability to work autonomously, under pressure.
• Flexible and adaptable to supporting the IV team in developing and changing the service as required.