Senior Plastic Surgery Nurse

Job summary

This is a Band 6 Senior Plastic Surgery Nursing position for a Registered Nurse with plastic surgery nursing and wound management experience or a training post or a less experience nurse.

Provide day-to-day management of the nurse led plastic dressing clinics, consultant led outpatient clinics and the management of junior staff rotated into those areas.

• Support and deputise for the Plastic Surgery CNS and the Lead Clinical Nurse in Plastic Surgery to ensure the provision of excellent nursing care and the effective management of staff and other resources.
• Review patients undergoing plastic surgery intervention on wards and provide remote support to patients and nursing services in other care settings.
• Contribute to education and training opportunities for all staff managing patients undergoing plastic surgery.

Main duties of the job

To assess, plan, implement and evaluated care for patients with complex wound problems and people requiring plastic reconstructive surgery.

This includes working in a clinic environment and visiting ward based patients.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.