Job summary
Are you a registered nurse looking for a new challenge and interested in taking your career in a new and specialised direction?
If so, a fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Portsmouth Enablement Centre (PEC), located at St.Marys, as a Prosthetics Clinical Nurse Specialist.
Portsmouth Enablement Centre provides a regional prosthetic service to people living in Portsmouth, Southampton and wider Hampshire, as well as some areas of West Sussex.
It is one of over 40 such centres across the UK, including one of nine enhanced veterans care centres which provide specialist prosthetic and rehabilitation services for veterans whose amputation is attributed to their military service.
This role is a twelve month fixed term contract.
Main duties of the job
The assessment, management and ongoing evaluation of patients following limb loss. This includes supporting patients along the entire age group from pre-natal support, children and adults.
Ongoing assessment of patient's wounds post operatively, prior to and during prosthetic rehabilitation and ongoing once patients have then been issued with a prosthesis, as required.
Acting as an expert resource in wound care to ensure patients can continue with rehabilitation.
Working autonomously for two days per week as well as working alongside the clinical nurse specialist lead supporting the team with assessment of patients post trans-tibial amputation.
Working alongside the consultant and multidisciplinary team to support patients following upper limb and trans-femoral amputation.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHUT), we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation.
Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
St Mary's Community Health Campus is a community site, that offers a range of PHUT non-acute and outpatient services. These include Amulree, Dermatology, Portsmouth Enablement Centre, Pain Clinic and Portsmouth Maternity Centre
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
The assessment, management and ongoing evaluation of patients following limb loss. This includes supporting patients along the entire age group from pre-natal support, children and adults.
Ongoing assessment of patients wounds post operatively, prior to and during prosthetic rehabilitation and ongoing once patients have then been issued with a prosthesis, as required.
Acting as an expert resource in wound care to ensure patients can continue with rehabilitation.
Working autonomously for two days per week as well as working alongside the clinical nurse specialist lead supporting the team with assessment of patients post trans-tibial amputation.
Working alongside the consultant and multidisciplinary team to support patients following upper limb and trans-femoral amputation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The assessment, management and ongoing evaluation of patients following limb loss. This includes supporting patients along the entire age group from pre-natal support, children and adults.
Ongoing assessment of patients wounds post operatively, prior to and during prosthetic rehabilitation and ongoing once patients have then been issued with a prosthesis, as required.
Acting as an expert resource in wound care to ensure patients can continue with rehabilitation.
Working autonomously for two days per week as well as working alongside the clinical nurse specialist lead supporting the team with assessment of patients post trans-tibial amputation.
Working alongside the consultant and multidisciplinary team to support patients following upper limb and trans-femoral amputation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (RGN), current active registration with NMC
- Willingness to undertake and attend relevant training, workshops are required
- Safeguarding Children Level 3 training
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience within wound care and Diabetes care
- Minimum 3 years post registration experience including at least 2 years working in a role/area where wound care knowledge and knowledge of Diabetes has been obtained
Desirable
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of other services within primary, secondary and social care
Additional criteria
Essential
- Wound care knowledge
- Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions and judgements
- Good communication skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Clinical decision making skills
- Experience in clinical audit
- Medicines management
- Organisational skills and forward planning
- Flexibility
- Able to support development of others
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- IT literate
- Ability to gather data, compile information and write reports
- Knowledge and understanding of limb loss
- Ability to deal with highly emotional and distressing situations/circumstances
- Ambition to develop within specialism and willingness to undertake further training/development
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training
- Understanding of health policy and the national and local nursing agenda
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (RGN), current active registration with NMC
- Willingness to undertake and attend relevant training, workshops are required
- Safeguarding Children Level 3 training
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience within wound care and Diabetes care
- Minimum 3 years post registration experience including at least 2 years working in a role/area where wound care knowledge and knowledge of Diabetes has been obtained
Desirable
- Experience of working collaboratively with a range of other services within primary, secondary and social care
Additional criteria
Essential
- Wound care knowledge
- Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions and judgements
- Good communication skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Clinical decision making skills
- Experience in clinical audit
- Medicines management
- Organisational skills and forward planning
- Flexibility
- Able to support development of others
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- IT literate
- Ability to gather data, compile information and write reports
- Knowledge and understanding of limb loss
- Ability to deal with highly emotional and distressing situations/circumstances
- Ambition to develop within specialism and willingness to undertake further training/development
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training
- Understanding of health policy and the national and local nursing agenda
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
