Wound Care TVN Nurse and SSI Surveillance Nurse
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Job summary
The Wound Care and SSI Nurse is a specialist role where you will develop expertise and provide education in managing the wounds of cardiothoracic patients, patients requiring specialist respiratory support and specialist cardiology care.
The role encompasses supporting surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance. The SSI role involves supporting a small SSI team who through surveillance, report back on rates of wound infection in cardiac surgery patients, analyse data for trends and be involved in coordinating a response to any observed rise in infection rates in excess of national bench marks.
The education role is a key aspect of the role profile. You will work closely with our team to evaluate the current evidence, support practice development in the sphere of wound care and support delivery of the team's education strategy.
There is the opportunity to support primary research projects in the area of wound care.
You will work autonomously under the direction of the Nurse Consultant for Wound Care Tissue Viability to deliver a consistent approach to managing complex wounds and continue to develop the SSI surveillance service which currently feeds findings back to local and national reporting bodies.
The role offers the opportunity to influence the development of our services and standard of care we give to our patients. The hospital is an enthusiastic supporter of activity that leads to enhancing the patient experience through clinical role modelling, audit and primary research.
Main duties of the job
*SSI surveillance and report production
*Management of complex wound
*Provision of wound care education to internal and external staff
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Details
Date posted
16 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year Pro rata - 15 hours per week
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
175-2324-2-NS100
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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