Dressing Clinic Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Dressing Clinic Nurse

Hiring body - Wokingham North PCN LTD:

Location - Parkside Family Practice and Woodley Centre Surgery.

Reporting to: Clinical Leads of each Practice

The post holder will be responsible for initial assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation

of treatment / care plans for a wide range of dressings, including complex wounds.

They will work autonomously to improve patient safety & experience, promoting good practice and

promoting skin integrity.

The post holder will have extensive knowledge of wound assessment, be able to identify signs of

infection and use evidence-based knowledge to promote wound healing.

The post holder will actively lead the prevention of avoidable deterioration of wounds and use expert

knowledge and skills to manage complex wound care aiding the recovery and healing.

The post holder will proactively refer patients to the tissue viability service or discharge as appropriate.

They will establish and maintain professional network relationships with all relevant professionals including the Primary Care nursing team and those from local Secondary Care providers.

They will be accountable for their own professional practice and development in line with NMC Code of Professional Conduct and actively participate in clinical supervision.

The postholder will be courteous and respectful to patients and colleagues including adhering to a dress code appropriate to the work situation.

They will maintain adequate dressing services stock.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Patient Care

Be clinically inquisitive.

Maintain outstanding clinical documentation, including safeguarding referrals.

Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed

choices about their health and well-being and promote independence where

clinically appropriate.

Ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the dressing clinic using the

dressing clinic standard operating procedure.

Performance and Quality

Attend all Mandatory training and ensure that updates are booked in a timely

manner.

Collect, collate and report on service activities including outcomes data

and audits.

JOB DESCRIPTION AGREEMENT

This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a

prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the three Practices or because of the introduction of new systems/ technology. This could mean covering Treatment Room Services as necessary.

This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered nurse

Desirable

• Post qualification study in wound management

Experience

Essential

• Experience of independently managing and delivering wound care
• Ability to demonstrate a sound knowledge of wound assessment
• Clinical competence in core nursing care provision.
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Ability to make clinically appropriate decisions.
• Good collaborative working skills

Desirable

• Experience working within a tissue viability clinic

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Wokingham North PCN

Address

Woodley Centre Surgery

6 Headley Road

Woodley

Reading

RG5 4JA

Employer's website

https://wnpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)