Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Specialist Nurse/Practitioner to join our dynamic Vascular Access Team at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) .



As part of a forward-thinking and supportive multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in the delivery of high-quality vascular access services across the Trust. You will be involved in the insertion and management of a variety of vascular access devices (VADs), supporting both inpatient and outpatient care pathways.



This role offers the opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills, contribute to service improvement, and support the training and education of staff across the Trust in best practices for vascular access and line care.



The delivery of education and training relating to VADs trust wide



Participation in the surveillance of all VADs within the inpatient population



Facilitating clinical audits and contributing to the development of guidelines and policies relating to vascular access Trust wide



Inserting a range of VADs at the point of care



Providing day-to-day supervision of the unqualified members of the VAT in the absence of the senior Vascular Access Team colleagues.



We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.



Support the senior Vascular Access Team (VAT) members in the day-to-day running of the team.



Support clinical teams in the assessment and implementation of a plan of care when a patient has complex vascular access issues.



Perform vascular access procedures at the point of care, such as the insertion of midlines and central venous cannulation, involving the use of intravascular injectates, surgical equipment and ability to suture.



Support the wider VAT to build capacity and capability through work-based and inter-professional learning, and the application of learning to practice.



Act as a role model, educator, supervisor and mentor, whilst working within Trust values.



Contribute to clinical audit and critically engage in research activity using the results to underpin own practice and to inform the practice of others and make organisational recommendations.



Participate in the surveillance of Vascular Access Devices (VADs) Trust wide, monitoring staff compliance with national and Trust best practice recommendations and offering support to clinical teams when indicated.



Participate in the implementation of a Vascular Access Teaching programme for Clinical Teams.