IV Therapy Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 32
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and flexible IV Therapy Nurse to join a specialist community nursing service in Tameside and Glossop. The post holder will deliver intravenous medications in patients' homes and support the lead and band 6 nurse in IV therapy delivery. The service also provides therapies like venesection, iron infusions, Midline placement, and synacthen testing in a community clinic. The role focuses on supporting timely discharge from hospitals and admission avoidance for patients in the community.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Good working knowledge of contemporary health care issues and professional standards
- Willingness to undertake further education and training to aquire additional skills and qualifications necessary to carry out the role
- Knowledge of advanced vascular anatomy and vascular access devices
- Previous band 5 experience
- Experience of delivering IV therapy in an acute or community setting
- Skills and abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to contribute effectivley as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Good IT skills
- Competent in drug calculation and use of infusion equipment
- Excellent peripheral venapuncture and cannulation skills
- Work related circumstances
- Ability to travel throughout the Tameside and Glossop area to provide time critical therapies
- Manage an unpredictable work load
- Good general health and attendance record
- Education and Qulaifications
- Registered Nurse
- Degree
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Good working knowledge of contemporary health care issues and professional standards
- Willingness to undertake further education and training to aquire additional skills and qualifications necessary to carry out the role
- Knowledge of advanced vascular anatomy and vascular access devices
- Previous band 5 experience
- Experience of delivering IV therapy in an acute or community setting
- Skills and abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to contribute effectivley as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Good IT skills
- Competent in drug calculation and use of infusion equipment
- Excellent peripheral venapuncture and cannulation skills
- Work related circumstances
- Ability to travel throughout the Tameside and Glossop area to provide time critical therapies
- Manage an unpredictable work load
- Good general health and attendance record
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,049 – £37,796 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
IV Therapy Nurse - Band 5 - 32 hours per week
Are you enthusiastic, flexible and up for a new challenge working within a specialist nursing community service, then this is an excellent opportunity for you to advance your skills working within a specialist field.
We are looking for an innovative and forward-thinking nurse to work within a developing community-based team - the Community Intravenous Therapy Service, within the Tameside and Glossop area.
The service launched in 2015, primarily providing intravenous medications in patients own homes, the service has gone from strength to strength developing new and outstanding Nurse lead services including the development of a community clinic where we provide therapies such as venesection, iron infusions Midline placement and synacthen testing.
Exceptional standards of care and development are our passion, if you would like to join a team that strives for outstanding care and personal development in vascular access and intravenous therapies, please apply, we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
This role will require the post holder to work across community health care in Tameside and Glossop. Supporting home intravenous therapy for patients discharged from Tameside Hospital and other neighboring hospitals, direct referrals from General practitioners to faciliate admision avoid
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