Community IV Nurse - Leeds

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse looking for greater autonomy, flexibility, and the chance to build meaningful long‑term relationships with patients in the community. You will support patients receiving home‑based IV therapies, including Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), helping them manage treatment safely and confidently within their own homes. Whether your background is in acute care, community nursing, oncology, nutrition, or IV therapy, full specialist training will be provided, making this an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical skills within a supportive and expanding service.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide clinical care, patient education, and ongoing support, helping patients and carers build confidence in managing treatment safely and independently.
• The role involves conducting home visits, monitoring patient progress, maintaining accurate clinical documentation, and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure the highest standards of patient care.

Job responsibilities

• This role requires working closely with multidisciplinary healthcare teams, including dietitians, pharmacists, hospital teams, and other healthcare professionals to deliver safe, high‑quality, patient‑centred care.
• Deliver high‑quality nursing care in line with service operating procedures and clinical protocols.
• Support patients receiving IV therapies and TPN within community and homecare settings.
• Conduct home visits for therapy initiation, assessment, follow‑up care, and ongoing patient support.
• Provide education and training to patients, carers, and families to promote safe self‑management and treatment adherence.
• Build strong therapeutic relationships with patients while delivering compassionate and personalised care.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and electronic patient records.
• Monitor patient progress and escalade adverse events or clinical concerns appropriately.
• Maintain and manage clinical equipment and materials safely and effectively.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure positive patient outcomes.
• Participate in team meetings, service improvement initiatives, and ongoing professional development activities.
• Adhere to safeguarding, infection prevention, governance, and regulatory requirements at all times.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Adult or Children’s Nurse).
• Minimum of 1 year post‑registration experience.
• Full UK or Irish driving licence.

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year post‑registration nursing experience.
• Experience delivering high‑quality patient care within clinical or community settings.
• Experience working independently and managing workload effectively.
• Maintaining accurate clinical documentation and patient records.
• Experience in the management and care of vascular access devices, including PICC lines, central venous access devices (CVADs), or similar intravenous access devices.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Pay & Benefits

£37,000 to £45,000 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS).