Job summary
We are looking for a Community Wound Care Nurse to join our Community Nursing team.
This unique position offers you the opportunity to work as part of a highly skilled community workforce to deliver high quality advice and assessment for patients with complex or long term wounds. The role will drive forward quality improvement to enhance patient outcomes and lead initiatives focussing on lower limb care.
We use electronic clinical records through EMIS and a work IPad and IPhone will be provided.
This role is suitable for experienced community registered nurses.
Main duties of the job
You will provide high quality, specialist care to housebound patients with complex wounds. This service additionally provides advice and support to the Community Nursing Teams as required, as a source of expertise in managing complex wounds.
As an experienced Wound Care Community Nurse, you will be able to provide sound clinical judgement and act as a role model to junior staff and students. You will be taking responsibility for assessing complex patients and planning their care needs.
We have a variety of shifts available Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Procare Community Services are not a UKVI sponsoring organisation, so all candidates are required to have their own independent right to work.
About us
The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.
With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.
We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an experienced community nurse the post holder will be embedded in the Guildford and Waverley Community Nursing team assisting in delivering routine planned care such as medication management while having a focus on advice and assessment to those patients who have complex or long term wounds, including lower limb wounds. They will work alongside community nursing staff to ensure skills are gained and maintained, increasing competence across the teams. They will ensure that patients with complex or long term wounds have a comprehensive holistic review and that care plans reflect evidence based practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an experienced community nurse the post holder will be embedded in the Guildford and Waverley Community Nursing team assisting in delivering routine planned care such as medication management while having a focus on advice and assessment to those patients who have complex or long term wounds, including lower limb wounds. They will work alongside community nursing staff to ensure skills are gained and maintained, increasing competence across the teams. They will ensure that patients with complex or long term wounds have a comprehensive holistic review and that care plans reflect evidence based practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
- Post Graduate Tissue Viability Qualification or willingness to undertake within 18months of being in post if post continues
- Evidence of BSc level / level 6 study
- Assessor / NMC Supervisor / Mentorship
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development or experience in wound care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Holistic lower limb wound assessment and management qualification - Handheld / automated Doppler
- Assessment and Compression bandaging competencies
- Advanced range of Community clinical skills and ability to undertake full assessments and physical assessments of patients including those with multiple pathology and complex health and social needs in the Community
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
- Post Graduate Tissue Viability Qualification or willingness to undertake within 18months of being in post if post continues
- Evidence of BSc level / level 6 study
- Assessor / NMC Supervisor / Mentorship
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development or experience in wound care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Holistic lower limb wound assessment and management qualification - Handheld / automated Doppler
- Assessment and Compression bandaging competencies
- Advanced range of Community clinical skills and ability to undertake full assessments and physical assessments of patients including those with multiple pathology and complex health and social needs in the Community
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
