CNN Tissue Viability community staff nurse

Job summary

Tissue Viability Community Staff Nurse

Band - 5 (£31,049 - £37,796)

Hours - Various Hours full time

Permanent

Locala are welcoming applications from registered nurses with a special interest in wound care.

Main duties of the job

Working within the Community Nursing Network team/ CNN Tissue Viability Team, you will undertake duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person-centred approach.

This will include utilising wound, pressure ulcer and leg ulcer management skills and knowledge to undertake the holistic assessment of patients, including the use of Doppler ultrasound techniques and using interpretation skills to diagnose and plan specialized care delivery, Supporting the delivery of care in our Complex Wound and leg ulcer Clinics and working in collaboration with our nine Community Nursing Network Teams.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to be involved in facilitating self-care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated, and dependable Community Staff Nurses with a specialist tissue viability interest who are keen to support and deliver a range of quality nursing services to our patients within Kirklees.

An enthusiasm to support our teams to deliver high quality services is a must for this role, and you will also need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, dependable, and approachable.

Car driving essentials for this Role is you will need to be prepared to travel across Kirklees to work in clinics and visit patients in their own homes.

About us

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.