Senior Community Nurse - Wound Healing
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Job summary
Riverside Neighbourhood Team, based in St Johns in Worcester is a friendly, flexible and hardworking team looking to recruit a Senior Community Nurse with a focus on wound care on a full-time, who will be innovative and keen to join the team in supporting us to deliver high quality care, and to continue our development of integrated care in the community.
We have a team of creative health care professionals focused on compassionate care. We work closely with our GPs, developing relationships with other primary care services, utilising skills of our MDT colleagues to manage complex patients ensuring services are responsive and patient centred.
We are a supportive team who are committed to developing our services to provide the most individual care for our patients, offering flexibility, dedicated time for training & clinical supervision, supportive learning & development department to help guide you in your career progression.
You will be expected to work a combination of early (07:30 15:30), mid (8.30 4.30) and late (10:30 18:30) shifts as well as weekends over a 37.5hour week. We are happy to consider flexible working requests.
We are a community-based neighbourhood team providing care to patients in their own home and in Residential homes. We aim to deliver an effective, high-quality service that puts patients at the centre of their own care.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced, highly motivated, team player with a range of nursing skills and passion for improving wounds and leg ulcer management the caseload holder will need to have the required skills to assess, treat and plan care to a very high standard that will highlight innovate and support staff to deliver excellent Tissue Viability treatments. With your expertise you will provide the team with training and knowledge to practice high quality wound care. You will monitor and audit your caseload to ensure all holistic assessments have been completed, referrals to wider primary and secondary care conveyed and specialist recommendations actioned with a clear concise plan of care. An essential element to this post is to have excellent written and verbal communication skills with Audit knowledge.
This is a great opportunity for personal and professional development that will expand your knowledge and experience within the Integrated care System with further opportunities for outsourced training and education. You will be supported by the Band 7 Operational and Clinical Lead with regular supervision.
About us
We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.
We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.
We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.
We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.
At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.
We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.
Details
Date posted
02 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9798-5048
Job locations
St. Johns House Medical Centre
299 Bromyard Road
Worcester
WR2 5FB
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
St. Johns House Medical Centre
299 Bromyard Road
Worcester
WR2 5FB
Employer's website
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