Community Wound Care Nurse

Job responsibilities

The role of Community Wound Care Nurse is to contribute to the skilled delivery of wound and lymphoedema in our community services. The role will contribute to the focused delivery of innovative community-based solutions and will provide an excellent and structured development programme. They will be a contributory member of the team, helping advance both the service and the mission. Being a team player and bringing energy is essential.

The Community Wound Care Nurse role may be a springboard into a specialist role either in lower limb, leg ulceration or lymphoedema.

The Community Wound Care Nurse will be accountable to the Clinical Lead, supporting the development of a cohesive team. This will enable effective management of team objectives whilst remaining mission focussed.

The post holder will bring a positive can do and solution focussed is fundamental to this role and will underpin the day to day running of the organisation. The post holder will enjoy team work to ensure the key deliverables are completed. Discretion and confidentiality will underpin the role alongside integrity and the ability to manage challenging situations. Being proactive and organised with excellent attention to detail is essential.

The essential outcomes of the role are:

1.Provide skilful care and management to the population, delivered in a thoughtful, creative and timely manner. Being solution focussed and collaborative are key features of this role.

2.Championing delivery of all aspects of the service under direction of the Clinical Lead; this includes the creation of efficiencies and productive working

3.Providing daily management within the leg ulcer clinics and homes across the borough.

4.Encourage individualised care that enables people to tolerate treatments and thereby improve outcomes.

5.Enhance the delivery of Quality improvement initiatives, KPIs and internal audit.

6.Bringing critique to internal and external systems, creating positive change through effective team working.

7.Assist in the delivery of informal education to peers and patients.

Responsibilities and Duties

The post holder will work under the leadership of the Clinical Lead and duties will focus primarily on the lower limb population in

Tower Hamlets and/or City and Hackney community; mobile and housebound patients

The Accelerate Centre of Excellence & Innovation

The individual will be expected to display good clinical skills and to work collaboratively and proactively with all teams to meet the needs of clients. This will include being actively involved in carrying out clinical skills as directed in a shared plan of care, enabling clients, their families and carers to be involved in the prevention and management of wounds and lymphoedema in the lower limb.

In choosing to undertake this role the post holder will also be required to undertake other duties which will assist all other staff employed within Accelerate CIC to contribute to the operation of an efficient and effective service for the population served.

Qualifications

Essential

• First level Registered Nurse
• Current NMC Registration or Equivalent

Desirable

• Wound Care related course

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 1 year's nursing experience post qualification
• Clinical Experience of patients with long-term conditions
• Experience of wound assessment and management
• Experience of lower limb leg ulcerations and general lymphoedema management
• Experience and knowledge of a variety of compression bandaging
• Experience of working within a team
• Knowledge of professional issues in health care

Desirable

• Experience of working in a clinic environment
• Acute and/or community experience
• Clinical experience of wounds and dressings
• Experience of chronic oedema

Personal Aptitude

Essential

• Enthusiastic with willingness to learn and implement new ideas: be creative and have the desire to progress with professional development
• Commitment to facilitating learning in others
• Willing to undertake training and develop clinical competencies
• Excellent time management

Ways of Working

Essential

• Able to work under guidance and take instruction whilst being able to operate with minimal supervision in implementing and evaluating care for patients
• Management capability; has an organised approach to managing own work and able to prioritise
• Excellent communication skills and fluent in English: written and verbal
• Cognisant with IT networks: competent with electronic systems
• Professional behaviour with good customer service skills
• Safe practitioner with attention to detail
• Flexibility in approach to work and understands team working

Desirable

• Familiar with data capture in a variety of formats

Circumstances

Essential

• Holds valid UK Work Permit

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).