Job summary
***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***
Are you passionate about wound care and eager to make a difference?
We are offering a Band 4 post for a unique 12-month secondment/ fixed term to join our innovative wound care clinic pilot based in Greenwich.
As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered wound care, supporting both clinic-based and housebound patients, and contributing to the integration of new digital tools in community nursing.
We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic registered nurse to assist in the day-to-day running and implementation of treatment for patients in a wound care clinic. Undertaking manual Doppler ABPI's, differential Diagnosis leg ulceration assessments, wound care management and a variety of compression bandaging.
Excellent communication skills are essential to collaborate closely with patients, carers, and the wider MDT.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver wound care in a clinic setting for patients from the District Nursing caseload who can attend clinics.
- Undertake wound care assessments, devise management plans, and provide evidence-based treatment.
- Perform Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) Doppler assessments and leg ulceration differential diagnosis, interpreting results to select appropriate dressings, compression bandaging, or garments.
- Use the Healthy iO wound care app to support treatment and documentation.
- Advise and support District Nursing teams, including recommendations for housebound patients.
- Measure for hosiery and teach patients how to care for their legs.
- Collaborate closely with patients, carers, and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT).
- Participate in regular clinical supervision, reflective practice, and the supervision of junior staff.
- Engage in ongoing personal and professional development
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough clinical and risk assessment for the people in your care, seeing them holistically, being sensitive to their needs and escalating that risk to senior staff where necessary.
Working within the wider multi-disciplinary team, you will develop and implement individualised care plans that will deliver high quality care that is evaluated and continually improved.
You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough physical health assessments and regular monitoring of the people in your care, ensuring that their fundamental care needs are assessed and attended to including nutrition, hydration, comfort, and hygiene and producing excellent quality documentation which follows the trust record keeping standards.
We will expect you to be actively involved in regular clinical supervision and reflective practice and by undertaking the supervision of junior staff. You will collaborate with your line manager in the annual personal development process, setting goals for your continual development and undertaking training and learning opportunities that are identified in the plan.
You will be committed to carrying out evidence based best practice and to act as a role model for junior staff, leading by example and understanding your own values and judgements and how this can affect your relationship with the people in your care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough clinical and risk assessment for the people in your care, seeing them holistically, being sensitive to their needs and escalating that risk to senior staff where necessary.
Working within the wider multi-disciplinary team, you will develop and implement individualised care plans that will deliver high quality care that is evaluated and continually improved.
You will be responsible for carrying out full and thorough physical health assessments and regular monitoring of the people in your care, ensuring that their fundamental care needs are assessed and attended to including nutrition, hydration, comfort, and hygiene and producing excellent quality documentation which follows the trust record keeping standards.
We will expect you to be actively involved in regular clinical supervision and reflective practice and by undertaking the supervision of junior staff. You will collaborate with your line manager in the annual personal development process, setting goals for your continual development and undertaking training and learning opportunities that are identified in the plan.
You will be committed to carrying out evidence based best practice and to act as a role model for junior staff, leading by example and understanding your own values and judgements and how this can affect your relationship with the people in your care.
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Registered nursing associate
Desirable
- GCSE English and Maths
- Training in specialist skills e.g doppler, compression
Experience
Essential
- Experience in different clinical care settings- including community.
Desirable
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Able to dress range of wounds
Desirable
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Registered nursing associate
Desirable
- GCSE English and Maths
- Training in specialist skills e.g doppler, compression
Experience
Essential
- Experience in different clinical care settings- including community.
Desirable
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Able to dress range of wounds
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
