Intravenous Therapy Nurse

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are full-time, 37.5 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to work within a innovative, dynamic countywide specialist service providing intravenous therapy in Gloucestershire.

As a community-based service the post holder will also work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team in order to provide high quality, evidenced-based care.

Experience of delivering training to other health professionals would be desirable.

As a countywide service, access to transport is essential. This band 5 post will have a requirement to participate in a shared rota to allow countywide service provision 7 days per week.

The successful applicants will have current registration with the NMC.

For informal enquires please contact Valerie Dobson, Intravenous Therapy Team Lead on .

The post holder will be part of the IV team providing expert advice and support to service users and members of the multidisciplinary team.

This will include:

• Supporting the development of the service
• Facilitating the provision of high quality care for patients treated within community hospital in-patient and out-patient settings as well as within their own home, clinic or other care facility
• Ensuring evidence based practice and innovative models of care are delivered at all times
• Assisting with the evaluation of clinical pathways, policies and procedures for managing IV Therapy in the community.
• Promoting a multi professional approach to care delivery within GHC and across organisational boundaries.
• Providing support and advice for nurses, other professionals, patients and their carer’s.
• Developing close working partnerships with secondary care providers; local and regional specialists; other health professionals and voluntary services involved in the patients care will be paramount
• Assisting in the development and delivery of competency based training and education within the specialist field of IV therapy
• Actively participates in clinical audits and research within this specialist area
• Participate in the shared rota to enable 7 day per week service delivery.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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