Job summary
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced, motivated, and clinically confident IV Therapy Lead Nurse to provide expert clinical, operational, and professional leadership across IV therapy services within the community, acute settings, and Hospital at Home services.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the development, delivery, and evaluation of high-quality IV therapy services, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care for patients requiring intravenous treatment.
• Act as the Trust-wide expert for IV therapy, vascular access, infusion management, and medicines administration.
• Provide leadership, trouble shooting, professional supervision, and operational oversight of nursing staff across all services delivering IV therapy, supporting recruitment, performance management, and staff development as required.
• Oversee operational delivery of the service, including a 7-day care model, capacity planning, contingency management, and escalation during service pressure.
• Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and with partner organisations to ensure integrated, technology-enabled care, supporting patient flow and care closer to home.

About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems. Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

Job responsibilities
Provide advanced clinical assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients requiring IV therapy across community and home settings. Act as clinical expert and senior decision-maker, including independent clinical review of patients receiving IV therapy, escalation of concerns, and urgent decision-making for complex cases. Lead on the development, implementation, and review of IV therapy pathways, including OPAT, hospital at home services, and advanced IV delivery models.

Person Specification
Shortlisting criteria
Essential

• RGN/ current NMC registration
• Independent / Supplementary Prescribing qualification
• Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor qualification or willingness to complete
• Role-specific training relevant to IV therapy
• Demonstrable experience in IV therapy and vascular access management

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification
• Advanced assessment and clinical decision-making skills
• Experience of Hospital @ Home/Virtual Wards and Urgent Community Response models of care

Shortlisting critera
Essential

• IT literacy and ability to use NHS clinical systems
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Experience of audit, research, and service development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Divisional Matron: Jayne Woodhead
Email: jayne.woodhead@cht.nhs.uk
Phone: 07553970510