NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.This is an exciting opportunity to join the OPAT service as the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist of the OPAT team.The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service provides appropriate admission avoidance and early and supported discharge to patients who require Intravenous antibiotics. Target areas are: Accident and Emergency, General Practitioners, various wards and outpatient clinics. You will be based in Glasgow with the post spanning across GG & C. Service Monday to Sunday as service requires.Lead a CNS service both professionally and managerially, which may cross traditional professional or service boundaries.The Lead OPAT Nurse Specialist is an integral member of the OPAT Team working as an autonomous practitioner and is responsible to managerially lead a team to ensure a high standard of care is delivered to a defined patient group.The team lead manages the workload of the team to provide clinical care within a specialised, designated clinical service with a complex caseload incorporating patient assessment, treatment and discharge from care.The team lead carries continuing responsibility for the assessment or care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards.Competently perform the necessary technical/physical aspects of care for this defined patient group.The nurse provides clinical care within a specialised, designated clinical service with a complex caseload incorporating patient assessment, treatment and discharge from care.The nurse carries continuing responsibility for the assessment or care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care and the setting of standards.You are able to competently perform the necessary technical/physical aspects of care for this defined patient group to include complex IV administration therapies , venipuncture / cannulation / phlebotomy skills.As a nurse specialist , you will provide patient/ family education in both hospital and outpatient settings to maintain the condition and prevent the need for hospital admission.You must have the ability to work independently and possess a high level of interpersonal and confident communication skills to support this specific client group whilst managing telephone consultations, patient referrals, liaising with hospital clinicians and general practitioners to maintain excellent clinical links between the services, whilst upholding confidentiality at all times. You will independently assess and treat patients in the OPAT OP clinics and as inpatients prior to their discharge.You will be responsible for consultancy, teaching, audit, research, participate in service development in conjunction with the team lead and maintain service objectives to meet the changing demands of delivering specialised care to patients with complex infection.You will be expected to contribute professionally within groups which may cross-traditional or service boundaries and possess a high level of ITC skills including e- forms, Trakcare and portal.All Statutory / Mandatory Learnpro training modules must be compliant and include educational modules relevant to this specialty.The successful candidate may be based across any of the OPAT departments within Greater Glasgow & Clyde and will be expected to travel and consult patients across GG&C to support the service where required.Car driver with full clean driving licence is essential.Shift pattern is variable Monday - Sunday 8am - 4pm to meet service requirements. It is essential that you are currently a NMC Registered Adult Nurse. This post requires membership of Disclosure Scotland's PVG Scheme. PLEASE READ AND SAVE THE CANDIDATE APPLICATION PACK BEFORE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.Informal Contact : John Emmett, 0141 452 5808, John.emmett@nhs.scotDetails on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. 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