# Staff Nurse - Hospital at Home - OPAT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-hospital-at-home-opat/a23c1515-0e4e-42f6-a4a3-a825b6187b31 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-hospital-at-home-opat/a23c1515-0e4e-42f6-a4a3-a825b6187b31.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Poole Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa/pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 30 hours per week (Part Time) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-29T00:01:05.493Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Poole/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical/Medical-v8216570 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8216570?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 Nurses to join the acute out-patient parental antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service as part of UHD’s Hospital at Home/Virtual Ward Team. This team will also be providing care to general medical patients in the future with the development of new patient pathways being explored. The post requires flexible working between the acute sites and the service hopes to develop in the future to provide care in patients’ homes to administer intravenous antimicrobials and perform patient observations and assessments. Therefore a valid driving license and access to a vehicle is necessary to fulfil this role. Providing a high-quality service that is patient-centred is important to us; the successful candidate will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with a flexible, dynamic approach to patient care. The role requires an active UK NMC Registration. Unfortunately we are not able to take any pre-NMC registered nurses in this role. Base Location: Poole Hospital but cross site working will be required. OPAT run a clinic at Bournemouth Hospital once weekly. Hours: OPAT have 30 hours available. Unfortunately we cannot offer any more than this. We work 7.5 hour shifts. Interview Date: 25th September 2026 ### Main duties of the job The UHD Hospital at home pathway is exciting and always evolving. Working through pathways in order to achieve flow and get patients back into their own environment. With the aim of delivering a high level of person centred acute care outside of a hospital ward environment. Safe practice is therefore essential. Patients who meet defined eligibility criteria and have a ‘Criteria to Reside’ in acute hospital care, may be able to have observations, monitoring and treatments easily delivered at home, under the right supervision of our specialist teams. You will be work alongside a team of band 7’s ECPS to run a daily clinic at the Poole hospital site. This clinic sees patients to assess their treatment plan, take bloods, deliver antibiotics and provide other treatments. Other clinical duties involve screening of patients who are appropriate for the service. You will work closely with our wider MDT including; the lead Consultant Microbiologists and Antimicrobial pharmacists as well as engaging with clinical teams from a variety of specialities and community teams including patients GPs. The Hospital at Home service is continually developing and being part of this will be part of your role. Your role will also be vital in assisting with the development and management of the service, service improvement and governance. To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate fundamental nursing knowledge and practice in the care of the patient - Demonstrate understanding of own role and professional expectations and accountability in practice in line with NMC Code **Desirable** - Awareness of role in relation to patient experience, quality and safety agenda’s that support Governance Frameworks ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable clinical experience. - Experience of caring for patients **Desirable** - a variety of experience within differing specialities including medicine ### Qualifications **Essential** - Advanced Diploma/ Degree in adult health nursing studies - NMC registration **Desirable** - Teaching qualification ### Technical skills **Essential** - IT skills - Demonstrable ability in management of vital signs monitoring and escalation of the deteriorating patient. - Non-IV medication administration - IV medication administration - Venepuncture and cannulation **Desirable** - ECG recording - Male Catheterisation - Awareness of audit in practice - CVAD and PICC lines - Administration of IV Blood products ### Interpersonal skills **Essential** - Effective communication in all forms. Written, oral, IT - Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients and carers - Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative. - Able to integrate and work within the MDT - Time management skills - Ability to work under pressure. **Desirable** - Leadership and management experience ### Other requirements specific to the role **Essential** - Valid UK driving license ## Documents - [dbs - faqs (pdf, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2417) - [job description (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10524573) - [person specification (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568720) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.