OPAT Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an OPAT Nurse Specialist, requiring broad adult nursing experience and a passion for service improvement. The successful candidate will manage clinical workload, lead on policy implementation, and mentor staff. Experience in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) is preferred, but strong general adult nursing skills are also valued. The role involves community visits, requiring a current UK driving license and access to a car.
Essential criteria
- Contributes to be a decision maker
- Able to assesses associated risks and takes appropriate action
- Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising
- Supports safe/ safer staffing
- Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- Deputising for Team Lead/ OPAT nurse/ clinical nurse specialist
- NMC registration & revalidation Requirements. Significant post registration experience, and experience at a band 5 post
- Experience & Knowledge
- Evidence of management / leadership skills gained through theoretical knowledge and or Experience.
- Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff
- Specific knowledge of the clinical area / OPAT speciality
- Evidence of teaching/ nurturing
- Communications and interpersonal skills
- Communicates condition related, sensitive information to patients, Public and staff.
- Understands and overcomes barriers to Communication and acceptance
- Negotiation, persuasion, motivation, reassurance, facilitation and influencing skills
- Values and Behaviours
- Evidence of commitment to Trust values and behaviours
- Contributes to change
- CVAD essential to role as the majority of the work will involve Intravenous medications and accessing Mid/PICC lines.
- Contributes to standardisation
- Provide supervision of the delivery of care responding to changing clinical situations, whilst providing the necessary advice and support to maintain high standards of patient care.
- Act as a role model at all times ensuring that all team members and others visiting the area give high priority to policies and procedures relating to infection control in order to maintain a safe clinical environment for everyone.
- Skills and Ability
- Contributes to be a decision maker
- Able to assesses associated risks and takes appropriate action
- Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising
- Supports safe/ safer staffing
- Driving Licence
- Deputising for Team Lead/ OPAT nurse/ clinical nurse specialist
- NMC registration & revalidation Requirements. Significant post registration experience, and experience at a band 5 post
- Experience & Knowledge
- Evidence of management / leadership skills gained through theoretical knowledge and or Experience.
- Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff
- Specific knowledge of the clinical area / OPAT speciality
- Evidence of teaching/ nurturing
- Communications and interpersonal skills
- Communicates condition related, sensitive information to patients, Public and staff.
- Understands and overcomes barriers to Communication and acceptance
- Negotiation, persuasion, motivation, reassurance, facilitation and influencing skills
- Values and Behaviours
- Evidence of commitment to Trust values and behaviours
- Contributes to change
- CVAD essential to role as the majority of the work will involve Intravenous medications and accessing Mid/PICC lines.
- Contributes to standardisation
- Provide supervision of the delivery of care responding to changing clinical situations, whilst providing the necessary advice and support to maintain high standards of patient care.
- Act as a role model at all times ensuring that all team members and others visiting the area give high priority to policies and procedures relating to infection control in order to maintain a safe clinical environment for everyone.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
OPAT Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an individual with broad adult nurse experience as a Registered Nurse, a positive outlook and a passion for driving services forward. Experience within Outpatient/inpatients Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and across inpatient/outpatient/ community setting is preferred, but anyone who can demonstrate a high standard of general adult nursing may apply.
We will provide all speciality relevant training. Substantial post qualification experience in nursing, with evidence of management skills gained through theoretical knowledge or experience. Experience of mentoring and developing staff. Peripheral venous Cannulation / venepuncture skills/ CVAD Competencies. Clinical decision-making skills.
An understanding of the role of an OPAT nurse, in relation to the current health care environment. Demonstrate in depth specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in the delivery of OPAT Experience in teaching & educating others as this is a key element of the role an understanding including knowledge of the 5 OPAT delivery methods, including outreach and visiting patients in the community setting. Experience and involvement of service expansion including cross site working at all UHDB sites.
**Must hold current UK
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