Senior Staff Nurse Infusion SuiteNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to join our dynamic Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) team within the Infusion Suite at University Hospital Lewisham, part of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

This is a key leadership role within a developing ambulatory service delivering specialist infusion therapies to patients across multiple specialties. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, support service development and ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care whilst helping to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and improve patient flow.

Working closely with consultants, specialist nurses, pharmacists and the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the continued growth of an innovative outpatient infusion service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the nurse managers in providing high quality care. He/she will be prepared to work within the division as a named nurse, within a team taking responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care.

The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effective patient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies and evidence base nursing.

Job description

Provide clinical leadership and day-to-day supervision of the nursing team within the Infusion Suite.

Deliver and oversee the safe administration of specialist intravenous therapies, including biologics, intravenous iron, antibiotics and other infusion treatments.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate high-quality patient care.

Coordinate patient flow and support the efficient utilisation of clinic capacity.

Act as a clinical role model, promoting professional standards, patient safety and evidence-based practice.

Support clinical governance, quality improvement, audit and service development initiatives.

Supervise, support and develop Band 5 nurses, Healthcare Assistants and student nurses.

Deputise for the Department Manager or Matron where appropriate

About us

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Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream