Job summary
Delivering Exceptional, Patient-Centred Care at Home
Join our dedicated SFH@Home team and play a vital role in transforming patient care through our innovative IV Therapy at Home service, incorporating OPAT, MDCU, and Virtual Ward pathways. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference by supporting patients in the comfort of their own homes, ensuring safe, evidence-based, and holistic care.
As part of this dynamic role, you will receive comprehensive training and work within a robust competency framework to develop advanced clinical skills. You'll gain the knowledge and confidence to adapt to evolving service needs and new care pathways, helping shape the future of Virtual Ward care delivery.
If you're passionate about improving patient experience, embracing innovation, and growing your expertise, this role offers the perfect platform to thrive.
Main duties of the job
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Well-developed communication skills and time management
- Effective organisation abilities
Qualifications
Essential
- Current level one NMC registration
- Diploma or degree in health/nursing related studies
- Completion of the IV Package
Desirable
- Possession of a mentoring course
- Continuing professional. development/reflective profile
Further Training
Desirable
- Venepuncture and Cannulation
- ANTT
- CVAD
- AIMS
- Oxygen management
- Lone Working
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a clinical environment, providing patient care
- Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff
- An understanding of how the IV therapy at home and virtual ward works, including knowledge of the virtual ward delivery methods.
- Criminal Records Bureau clearance in accordance with Trust policy
- Awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses
Desirable
- Experience within working in an acute Trust
- Experience of working within a community setting
- Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work
- Audit or research within the clinical area
- Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students.
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties.
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation.
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Continued professional development.
- Regular attendance
- Ability to work flexibly as the service require
- Hold a full driving licence and have access to a car for business use
Desirable
- Evidence of moving and handling training
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
- Well-developed communication skills and time management
- Effective organisation abilities
Qualifications
Essential
- Current level one NMC registration
- Diploma or degree in health/nursing related studies
- Completion of the IV Package
Desirable
- Possession of a mentoring course
- Continuing professional. development/reflective profile
Further Training
Desirable
- Venepuncture and Cannulation
- ANTT
- CVAD
- AIMS
- Oxygen management
- Lone Working
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a clinical environment, providing patient care
- Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff
- An understanding of how the IV therapy at home and virtual ward works, including knowledge of the virtual ward delivery methods.
- Criminal Records Bureau clearance in accordance with Trust policy
- Awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses
Desirable
- Experience within working in an acute Trust
- Experience of working within a community setting
- Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work
- Audit or research within the clinical area
- Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration and post basic students.
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties.
- Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation.
- Competent and capable of using medical equipment
- Continued professional development.
- Regular attendance
- Ability to work flexibly as the service require
- Hold a full driving licence and have access to a car for business use
Desirable
- Evidence of moving and handling training
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
