Clinical Nurse Specialist IV lead

Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Calderdale community and acute hospital sites Town Halifax Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/07/2026 23:59 Interview date 24/07/2026

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part‑time, job‑share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced, motivated, and clinically confident IV Therapy Lead Nurse to provide expert clinical, operational, and professional leadership across IV therapy services within the community, acute settings, and Hospital at Home services.

• Lead the development, delivery, and evaluation of high‑quality IV therapy services, ensuring safe, effective, and person‑centred care for patients requiring intravenous treatment.
• Act as the Trust‑wide expert for IV therapy, vascular access, infusion management, and medicines administration.
• Provide leadership, trouble‑shooting, professional supervision, and operational oversight of nursing staff across all services delivering IV therapy, supporting recruitment, performance management, and staff development as required.
• Oversee operational delivery of the service, including a 7‑day care model, capacity planning, contingency management, and escalation during service pressure.
• Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and with partner organisations to ensure integrated, technology‑enabled care, supporting patient flow and care closer to home.
• Provide advanced clinical assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients requiring IV therapy across community and home settings.
• Act as clinical expert and senior decision‑maker, including independent clinical review of patients receiving IV therapy, escalation of concerns, and urgent decision‑making for complex cases.
• Lead on the development, implementation, and review of IV therapy pathways, including OPAT, hospital at home services, and advanced IV delivery models.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

• RGN/current NMC registration
• Independent / Supplementary Prescribing qualification
• Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor qualification or willingness to complete
• Role‑specific training relevant to IV therapy
• Demonstrable experience in IV therapy and vascular access management
• Advanced assessment and clinical decision‑making skills
• Experience of Hospital @ Home/Virtual Wards and Urgent Community Response models of care
• IT literacy and ability to use NHS clinical systems
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of audit, research, and service development
• We must have appropriate UK professional registration.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.