Job summary
Are you a passionate Registered Nurse, with experience or a keen interest in IV Therapy?
Due to business growth, we are looking to expand our Advice Line within our Nursing department. As an Advice Line Nurse you will instantly become a valued member of our Nursing team, providing nurses with specialist advice whilst they are providing an essential service to patients in the comfort of their own homes. This role will be 24 hours per week, hours will be worked on a full rotation of day shifts and night shifts, covering 24 hours a day 7 days a week including bank holidays. It will involve home-working and will be field-based.
Main duties of the job
- To work within the busy Advice Line team- supporting our Field based Nurses, Patients and external customers providing an efficient Advice Line telephone service.
- Assess, plan and implement consistent current evidence based care to ensure safe clinical practice for patients and carers, aligning with internal and external validated protocols, guidelines, NMC code of conduct and revalidation.
- Provide timely support and advice within the out of hours service, adhering to the agreed standard operating policy and reporting process. Escalating appropriately to ensure all calls are monitored and followed up in line with Fresenius Kabi reporting process; Clinical Governance and QA
- Compile written reports in a timely, factual and objective manner to ensure accurate responses and processes are followed to maintain a high standard of patient care and safety
- To consistently deliver against protocols and guidelines as agreed with referring hospital/clinician/nurse specialist, ensuring standardised and current evidence based clinical practice
- Maintain personal and professional development and mandatory training in line with business requirements, NMC code of conduct and revalidation requirements
- To work collaboratively within the team and company to share and develop current evidence best practice, up to date information and delivering on objectives and business requirements
About us
Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. The company's products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients.
With a corporate philosophy of 'caring for life', the company's goal is to improve the patient's quality of life.
Our product portfolio included a comprehensive range of IV generic drugs, infusion therapies and clinical nutrition products as well as the medical devices for administering these products.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work within the busy Advice Line team- supporting our Field based Nurses, Patients and external customers providing an efficient Advice Line telephone service.
- Assess, plan and implement consistent current evidence based care to ensure safe clinical practice for patients and carers, aligning with internal and external validated protocols, guidelines, NMC code of conduct and revalidation.
- Provide timely support and advice within the out of hours service, adhering to the agreed standard operating policy and reporting process. Escalating appropriately to ensure all calls are monitored and followed up in line with Fresenius Kabi reporting process; Clinical Governance and QA
- Compile written reports in a timely, factual and objective manner to ensure accurate responses and processes are followed to maintain a high standard of patient care and safety
- To consistently deliver against protocols and guidelines as agreed with referring hospital/clinician/nurse specialist, ensuring standardised and current evidence based clinical practice
- Maintain personal and professional development and mandatory training in line with business requirements, NMC code of conduct and revalidation requirements
- To work collaboratively within the team and company to share and develop current evidence best practice, up to date information and delivering on objectives and business requirements
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work within the busy Advice Line team- supporting our Field based Nurses, Patients and external customers providing an efficient Advice Line telephone service.
- Assess, plan and implement consistent current evidence based care to ensure safe clinical practice for patients and carers, aligning with internal and external validated protocols, guidelines, NMC code of conduct and revalidation.
- Provide timely support and advice within the out of hours service, adhering to the agreed standard operating policy and reporting process. Escalating appropriately to ensure all calls are monitored and followed up in line with Fresenius Kabi reporting process; Clinical Governance and QA
- Compile written reports in a timely, factual and objective manner to ensure accurate responses and processes are followed to maintain a high standard of patient care and safety
- To consistently deliver against protocols and guidelines as agreed with referring hospital/clinician/nurse specialist, ensuring standardised and current evidence based clinical practice
- Maintain personal and professional development and mandatory training in line with business requirements, NMC code of conduct and revalidation requirements
- To work collaboratively within the team and company to share and develop current evidence best practice, up to date information and delivering on objectives and business requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post registered Nurse
- Dual Therapy (IV/EN) trained or willingness to undertake further training
- IV/PN/EN experience (desirable)
- Critical care experience (desirable)
- Nurse training or mentorship qualification (desirable)
- Community experience (desirable)
- Consistently demonstrate the company values (required)
- Satisfactory DBS check & Current NMC PIN (required)
- Confident using Information Technology (required)
- Benefits
- Private healthcare
- Contributory Pension Scheme (rises with service)
- Role specific tailored training and development plan
- Life Insurance (4 x salary, death in service)
- 25 days holiday (rises to 27 after 5 years service) and ability to buy/sell holidays
- Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Professional fees paid
- Bike to work scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen
- Blue Light Card
- Company funded family days out
- We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post registered Nurse
- Dual Therapy (IV/EN) trained or willingness to undertake further training
- IV/PN/EN experience (desirable)
- Critical care experience (desirable)
- Nurse training or mentorship qualification (desirable)
- Community experience (desirable)
- Consistently demonstrate the company values (required)
- Satisfactory DBS check & Current NMC PIN (required)
- Confident using Information Technology (required)
- Benefits
- Private healthcare
- Contributory Pension Scheme (rises with service)
- Role specific tailored training and development plan
- Life Insurance (4 x salary, death in service)
- 25 days holiday (rises to 27 after 5 years service) and ability to buy/sell holidays
- Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Professional fees paid
- Bike to work scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen
- Blue Light Card
- Company funded family days out
- We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
