Transcare Nurse - Reading

Your Role

• Our Clinical Homecare Nursing team really love what they do! Working in Partnership with our NHS colleagues to provide individualised quality nursing care to patients requiring Parenteral Nutrition and other IV therapies in the comfort of their own homes.
• This is a unique opportunity for an experienced nurse to work autonomously while delivering high-quality clinical care outside of a hospital setting.
• If you have strong IV skills and looking for a role that offers great flexibility and work-life balance, we’d love to hear from you.

Location

• Working with trusts and patients in {LOCATION} and the surrounding areas.
• Working hours: Monday to Sunday, 40 hours over 5 days per week on a rolling rota.
• The shifts are structured as split shifts to accommodate patient needs. This means you will typically work around 4 hours in the morning to disconnect patients, and another 4 hours in the evening to reconnect them, with a break in the middle of the day. Flexibility is essential; some days may be longer or shorter depending on patient visits, but overall, average out to 40 hours per week. The salary for the role is £36319 per annum.

Your main responsibilities

• To administer prescribed IV therapies and associated care and support to patients who are unable to be trained to independence.
• To provide training and education to support patients/carers in the connection and disconnection of Parenteral Nutrition and any other prescribed therapies to independence.
• To provide training and education to support patients/carers to use infusion devices to deliver their therapy/therapies independently.
• To support the provision of a phlebotomy/cannulation service for patients.
• What you need to succeed:
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (adult).
• Current clinical experience minimum of least 1 year.
• Competent in the management and delivery of IV Therapies.
• Excellent communication skills, time management skills and the ability to work well against strict timescales.
• The ability to make correct clinical decisions in a clinical emergency situation.
• Flexibility to travel and visit patients outside local area.
• Current Valid driving Licence.

What you get in return