Senior Community Nurse (OPAT)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Southampton, SO16 4GX
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust In Partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) Are you an ...
- Provide clinical leadership and day-to-day coordination of the Community OPAT Service
- Manage a complex caseload of patients receiving intravenous antimicrobial therapy
- Support admission avoidance and facilitate timely hospital discharge
- Support the development and delivery of community IV therapy services alongside the Community OPAT Service
- Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
- Supervise, support and develop Band 5 staff, students and learners
- Work collaboratively with acute Trust colleagues to develop integrated OPAT pathways
- Contribute to service development, audit and performance monitoring
- Promote antimicrobial stewardship and evidence-based practice
What We're Looking For
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
- At least 2 years post-registration experience
- Experience of intravenous therapy and complex patient management
- Demonstrable leadership, supervision and mentoring experience
- Excellent communication and partnership-working skills
- Experience of audit, quality improvement and clinical governance
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
- The opportunity to shape and develop new specialist OPAT and community IV therapy services
- Leadership development opportunities
- Access to specialist OPAT and antimicrobial stewardship training
- Strong support from both community and acute care teams
A mandatory requirement of this role is car driver and owner
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- IV Therapy and Vascular Access competency
- Practice Assessor/Supervisor qualification or willingness to undertake
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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