Locala Health and Wellbeing

OPAT Staff Nurse

The closing date is 21 July 2025

Job summary

Staff Nurse for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)

Band 5: £29,970 - £36,483

37.5 hours per week

Service operating hours: 7-day service, 08:00-21:00

Permanent

Be part of our success story and contribute to our bright future, Locala Community Partnerships is a Community Interest Company (CIC), an independent, not for profit social enterprise, providing NHS services to over 400,000 people, in and around Kirklees.

Our OPAT service, part of Locala's Integrated Community Services, is comprised of our Clinical Lead, Band 6 Clinical Coordinator and a team of band 5 Nurses working across the Kirklees area, with supporting clinicians from the acute trusts and other community partners.

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, caring nurse to join our team who is also able to work independently / mobile and as a team. The team currently works a mixture of 7.5 hour early and late shifts. The service covers the Kirklees community and offers a 7-day service, from 8am until 9pm.

Main duties of the job

The team's aim is to prevent unnecessary lengthy admission to hospital by providing IV antibiotic therapy and NMAB therapy to medically stable patients in their own homes.

The post holder will require excellent communication skills and clinical skills including IV skills to deliver treatment and build relationships and network with key stakeholders to enable service delivery.

As a digital enterprise, we are thinking forward in the use of IT skills including SystmOne. Using initiative is essential, as is skill sharing with colleagues within the team, and the wider organisation.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

About us

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

  • Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
  • Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
  • Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

2025-1703

Job locations

Eddercliffe Centre Bradford Road Liversedge

Liversedge

HD5 9TS


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details about the duties and responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Desirable

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Experience

Essential

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Desirable

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Desirable

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Experience

Essential

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Desirable

  • Please refer to the attached person specification document.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Locala Health and Wellbeing

Address

Eddercliffe Centre Bradford Road Liversedge

Liversedge

HD5 9TS


Employer's website

https://www.locala.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Locala Health and Wellbeing

Address

Eddercliffe Centre Bradford Road Liversedge

Liversedge

HD5 9TS


Employer's website

https://www.locala.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Elkie Moffatt

03301659839

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

2025-1703

Job locations

Eddercliffe Centre Bradford Road Liversedge

Liversedge

HD5 9TS


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