The closing date is 1st Sep 2026
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Job summary
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
In Partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS)
Are you an experienced nurse looking for a leadership opportunity within an innovative and growing service?
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Community OPAT Sister/Charge Nurse to help establish and develop a new Community Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Service across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Working in partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, this exciting new service will support patients to receive intravenous antimicrobial therapy safely within community settings and their own homes, while contributing to the development of a wider community IV therapy service.
This is a unique opportunity to help establish both Community OPAT and IV therapy services, influencing service development, shaping clinical pathways, and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality care across organisational boundaries.
As a Band 6 Community OPAT Sister/Charge Nurse, you will provide clinical leadership, coordinate complex patient pathways and act as a specialist resource for staff and stakeholders. You will work closely with acute OPAT teams, infectious diseases specialists, microbiologists, pharmacists and community services to ensure seamless patient care and excellent clinical outcomes.
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Main duties, tasks & skills required
Key Responsibilities
Provide clinical leadership and day-to-day coordination of the Community OPAT Service
Manage a complex caseload of patients receiving intravenous antimicrobial therapy
Support admission avoidance and facilitate timely hospital discharge
Support the development and delivery of community IV therapy services alongside the Community OPAT Service
Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
Supervise, support and develop Band 5 staff, students and learners
Work collaboratively with acute Trust colleagues to develop integrated OPAT pathways
Contribute to service development, audit and performance monitoring
Promote antimicrobial stewardship and evidence-based practice
What We're Looking For
Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
At least 2 years post-registration experience
Experience of intravenous therapy and complex patient management
Demonstrable leadership, supervision and mentoring experience
Excellent communication and partnership-working skills
Experience of audit, quality improvement and clinical governance
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
What We Offer
The opportunity to shape and develop new specialist OPAT and community IV therapy services
Leadership development opportunities
Access to specialist OPAT and antimicrobial stewardship training
Strong support from both community and acute care teams
A mandatory requirement of this role is car driver and owner
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About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
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Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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Person specification
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Qualifications
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Essential
Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
Evidence of ongoing professional development
IV Therapy and Vascular Access competency
Practice Assessor/Supervisor qualification or willingness to undertake
Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
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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.
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UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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For help with your application, contact:
Allison Morris
[email protected]
07887562828
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Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
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Band
Band 6
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Salary
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£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
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Contract
Permanent
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Working pattern
Full-Time
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Reference number
348-SSW-12188
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Job locations
Oakley Road
Millbrook
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4GX
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Attachments
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Job Description
BAND 6 COMMUNIITY OPAT NURSE.docx – 188KB Opens in a new window
Converted File BAND 6 COMMUNIITY OPAT NURSE.docx.pdf – 299KB Opens in a new window
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Additional document 1
EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf – 1001KB Opens in a new window
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