Medication clinic/IV lead

• Do you have a passion and special interest for patients who require special care and treatment of intravenous lines /therapy/drains?
• Are you a skilled nurse with excellent interpersonal and clinical skills to lead a team specialising in intravenous therapy?
  
  

If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!

We need a senior nurse to work with patients as part of the medication team. The right person will provide excellent clinical skills and leadership to lead the team in providing a seamless and quality service to patient’s requiring different types of intravenous therapy i.e antibiotics both in the community and clinic setting.

• To provide professional leadership, support and advice to the Medication clinic team and Neighbourhood nursing team for all aspects of medication clinic services and intravenous therapy.
• To supervise practice, audit clinical care, teach and support colleagues and provide professional leadership.
• To work as a clinically independent and autonomous practitioner, and manage a defined patient caseload.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner throughout the community and in medication clinic to provide a high-quality professional service driven by clinical excellence to all patients who require intravenous antibiotics, injectable medication, indwelling drain and catheter management.

At this time, MCH cannot fund or support any further nurses who require the OSCE training. Please do not apply if you require this training.

The small print

• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Erika Warner Job title: Clinical Lead Neighbourhood Nurse Practitioners Email address: erikawarner@nhs.net Telephone number: 07896156551