Lead Nurse - Southampton
Only for registered members Southampton, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
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Job summary
We are offering an opportunity for a skilled and motivated nurse to play a key role in developing and delivery a new adult Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service at University Hospital Southampton (UHS).
Responsibilities
- Act as the lead nurse for the adult OPAT service.
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of the service from a nursing perspective.
- Teach patients and carers to self-administer medication and manage line care, with attention to safeguarding considerations.
- Assess patient/carer competence in self-administration and line management.
- Undertake line monitoring and dressing changes.
- Perform venesection and peripheral blood draws for clinic patients.
- Cannulate patients attending for daily or intermittent IV antimicrobials.
- Administer IV antibiotics for OPAT patients attending SDEC.
- Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting for OPAT patients, including issues with lines and administration.
- Offer nursing expertise to the wider OPAT team relating to vascular access and line care.
- Escalate any clinical or safeguarding concerns appropriately.
Job description
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