Clinical Nurse Specialist - OPAT Service

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this position is Mon Sunday 8am 4pm. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the OPAT service as an independent practitioner in the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist. The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service provides appropriate admission avoidance and early and supported discharge to patients who require Intravenous antibiotics. Target areas are: Accident and Emergency, General Practitioners, various wards and outpatient clinics. You will be based in South / South West/Clyde Glasgow with the post spanning across GG & C Service Monday to Sunday as service requires. A Clinical Nurse Specialist is a registered nurse who has acquired additional specialist knowledge and experience. As well as having completed, or demonstrated the ability to complete, a primary degree they will have the skills and competencies required to manage a caseload within agreed boundaries and protocols in line with clinical governance. Entwined around this clinical core are ties of consultancy, teaching, management and research and its application. As a member of the OPAT Team you will be working as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team and are responsible for ensuring a high standard of care to patients with complex infections, is delivered. The nurse provides clinical care within a specialised, designated clinical service with a complex caseload incorporating patient assessment, treatment and discharge from care. The nurse carries continuing responsibility for the assessment or care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care and the setting of standards. You are able to competently perform the necessary technical/physical aspects of care for this defined patient group to include complex IV administration therapies , venipuncture / cannulation / phlebotomy skills As a nurse specialist , you will provide patient/ family education in both hospital and outpatient settings to maintain the condition and prevent the need for hospital admission.

You must have:

• the ability to work independently
  
• and possess a high level of interpersonal and confident communication skills to support this specific client group whilst managing telephone consultations, patient referrals,
  
• liaising with hospital clinicians
  
• and general practitioners to maintain excellent clinical links between the services, whilst upholding confidentiality at all times.
  

You will independently assess and treat patients in the OPAT OP clinics and as inpatients prior to their discharge. You will be responsible for consultancy, teaching, audit, research, participate in service development in conjunction with the team lead and maintain service objectives to meet the changing demands of delivering specialised care to patients with complex infection. You will be expected to contribute professionally within groups which may cross-traditional or service boundaries and possess a high level of ITC skills including e- forms, Trakcare and portal. All Statutory / Mandatory Learnpro training modules must be compliant and include educational modules relevant to this specialty. The successful candidate will be based in Clyde Sector ,Greater Glasgow & Clyde however will have a wider remit and be expected to travel and consult patients across GG&C to support the service where required. Car driver with full clean driving licence is essential. It is essential that you are currently a NMC Registered Adult Nurse. This post requires membership of Disclosure Scotland's PVG Scheme. PLEASE READ AND SAVE THE CANDIDATE APPLICATION PACK BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION

Informal contact: Victoria Cannon, Lead nurse, , Victoria.cannon@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

OR

Liz Collison, CSN Team lead, , Liz.collison@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

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NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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