Job summary
Are you a passionate and patient focused Registered Nurse, with experience or a keen interest in IV Therapy?
Due to business growth, we are looking to expand our IV Therapy team within our Nursing department. As a Clinical Nurse Advisor (Home IV Therapy), you will instantly become a valued member of our Nursing team, helping to ensure our patients always receive the highest quality service. This role will be full-time field based across Brighton/Crawley and surrounding areas. The working hours are 35 hours per week, 3 long days, 7:30am - 8:30pm. The salary for the position is £36,584, you will receive a London Weighting allowance dependent on postcode, an annual bonus of £1,126 and a company car or car allowance.
Main duties of the job
1. Collaborating with the NHS to encourage our patients' independence, enabling them to enjoy a good quality of life at home
2. Providing care and support for many chronically and critically ill patients needing parental nutrition, and occasionally intravenous (IV) or nutritional therapy through courses of IV antibiotics and IVIG's
3. Monitoring and delivering nutritional support for patients in the comfort of their own homes
4. Visiting many patients daily, connecting and disconnecting patients to a parenteral feeding system, allowing them to receive their essential nutrients
5. Facilitating the safe discharge of parenteral nutrition patients in liaison with hospital accounts and providing ongoing support in the community for patients, carers and healthcare professionals
6. Managing a patient caseload and fulfilling all nursing requirements in agreement with the Regional Nurse Manager
7. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice
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.
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
8. Collaborating with the NHS to encourage our patients' independence, enabling them to enjoy a good quality of life at home
9. Providing care and support for many chronically and critically ill patients needing parental nutrition, and occasionally intravenous (IV) or nutritional therapy through courses of IV antibiotics and IVIG's
10. Monitoring and delivering nutritional support for patients in the comfort of their own homes
11. Visiting many patients daily, connecting and disconnecting patients to a parenteral feeding system, allowing them to receive their essential nutrients
12. Facilitating the safe discharge of parenteral nutrition patients in liaison with hospital accounts and providing ongoing support in the community for patients, carers and healthcare professionals
13. Managing a patient caseload and fulfilling all nursing requirements in agreement with the Regional Nurse Manager
14. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
15. Registered Nurse with a current and valid NMC registration
16. A minimum of 1 year post-registration clinical experience
17. Driving licence
18. Ability to work in a one-to-one patient environment and conduct interactions with confidence and professionalism
19. Flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the business
20. Excellent time management skills and the ability to manage own workload
21. Benefits
22. Private healthcare (including GP appointments)
23. Car/car allowance
24. Contributory Pension Scheme (rises with service)
25. Role specific tailored training and development plan
26. Life Insurance (4 x salary, death in service)
27. 25 days holiday (rises to 27 after 5 years service) and ability to buy/sell holidays
28. Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
29. Professional fees paid
30. Bike to work scheme
31. Long Service Awards
32. Employee Assistance Programme
33. Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen
34. Blue Light Card
35. Company funded family days out
36. 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.