Community Staff Nurse Ambulatory Clinics

Job summary

We are a well-established, supportive and friendly Community Nursing team excited to be offering a great opportunity in Ambulatory and Wound Care Clinics. We have a vacancy available within our Stafford locality clinics.

You will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in a clinic setting, Be able to work on your own initiative and work well within a team. Key clinical skills include complex tissue viability issues, wound care, bladder and bowel management, compression therapy as well as medication administration.

Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff. Working within our Community Nursing Ambulatory Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence based practice.

Due to the nature of community working, the ability to travel across the patch to alternative clinics or patients own home is essential.

Main duties of the job

Working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and colleagues to:

• Promote independence and support patient centred care planning.
• Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with a range of nursing needs (including palliative care, complex wound care, pelvic health, medication administration).
• Work autonomously, in line with your scope of practice, competence and policies.
• Handover patient information to the wider team, document patient information effectively.
• Escalation of patients needs as appropriate.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

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