Vascular Access Assistant

The Vascular Access Nurse Assistant is a member of the Vascular Access Team (VAN). The VAN team are responsible for ensuring safe and effective vascular access for adult patients with a wide range of acute, chronic and palliative conditions.

Delegated work and duties will be assigned and carried out under the direct and indirect supervision of a Vascular Access Nurse Specialist, in accordance with the competencies laid down for NVQ Level
3. Where additional skills training is identified as required in the job description the post holder will not undertake those duties until training has been undertaken (except as part of the supervised learning experience).

• Assist the Vascular Access Nurse Specialist in a range of patient care duties. Provide patient care according to the individual patient's clinical management plan associated with the need for vascular device insertions and/or ongoing management of such devices., To assist the Vascular Access Nurse Specialist in the delivery of a clinically effective and efficient for all adult clinical areas in the hospital.
• To assist the Vascular Access Nurse Specialist with the development delivery and promotion training for clinical staff responsible for the care of vascular access devices.
• To assist the Vascular Access Nurse Specialist with maximal barrier precaution surgical procedures including insertion of peripherally inserted central venous catheters, midline catheters and tunnelled central venous devices.
• To assist the Vascular Access Nurse Specialist with ensuring clinical areas have appropriate resources to effectively care for patients with vascular access devices.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.