Lead Nurse for Adult Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy inBlackburn inBlackburn PUBLISHED
THU 5 DEC 2024
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust reKjk8HC
Candidates must possess strong leadership and communication skills, be motivated and energetic, and have the ability to work independently as well as part of a dynamic team. Responsibilities also include developing key performance indicators, monitoring clinical practices, initiating quality improvement programs, and maintaining effective working relationships with various healthcare professionals. This role is essential in delivering high-quality patient care and enhancing the operational efficiency of the OPAT service.
The pharmacy department is seeking to recruit a lead nurse to the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) team. This is an exciting opportunity to join this well-established, successful team supporting the delivery of specialised nursing care to patients who require outpatient or domiciliary intravenous antimicrobial therapy.
You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team in providing expert advice to ensure safe and effective administration and supply of intravenous antimicrobials to facilitate positive patient outcomes.
You will assess, evaluate and actively support patients from referral to discharge from the service to reduce length of hospital stay, avoid admission and improve patient flow.
You must be energetic, motivated, assertive and possess demonstrable leadership and management experience with highly developed communication and interpersonal abilities. Can work autonomously and confident to work under your own initiative but also work well within a small but dynamic team.
Provide strong clinical and operational leadership for the OPAT service to ensure the delivery of high standards of clinical practice and professional conduct in keeping with best practice evidence, CQC standards and organisational policy and procedures.
Be responsible for appropriate assessment of patients requiring OPAT following appropriate governance processes.
Ensure effective working relationships are achieved with all professional groups/partners involved in the OPAT patient pathway of care to achieve safe, personal and effective care for patients.
To facilitate admission avoidance and early supported discharge thus reducing the length of stay in hospital for patients receiving IV antimicrobial therapy with the support of microbiology.
Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPI) for OPAT alongside the Lead Antimicrobial Pharmacist.
Be able to cannulate and trouble shoot any problems arising from peripheral or central venous access devices.
Monitor and evaluate clinical practice, initiate quality improvement programmes i.e. C-OPAT (complex oral therapy), IV to Oral Switch (IVOST) service, measuring outcomes, and audit service to support quality improvement and assurance.
Develop and continuously optimise the OPAT policy, standard operating procedures, and clinical governance arrangements.
Act as a role model for delivering the desired standards of clinical/nursing care and interventions.
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You will need to be a motivated individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure, maintaining a pivotal link between inpatient and domiciliary teams in order to provide excellent personal, safe and effective patient care
Additional contact information:
If you would like any further information, or would like to arrange a visit, please contact:
- Michelle Randall (Assistant Director of Pharmacy)
- Kerri Robinson (Lead Pharmacist- Antimicrobial Therapy) kerri.robinson @elht.nhs.uk
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