Job summary
Modality Partnership AWC Divisionhas part-time/full-time vacancy (minimum 30 hours per week) for a Practice-based Wound Care Specialist Nurse. The postholder will be a registered nurse with qualification/skills in the management of complex and chronic wounds working one of the sites across Modality AWC Division. Responsible for the delivery and management of complex and chronic wound care to the whole practice population. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Salary for this role is £19.13 per hour equivalent to £37,405.94 per annum WTE dependant on experience.
This job is suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working in an agile manner, implementing solutions, delivering high quality patient care and who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care.
As an employee with us you can benefit from:
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Flexible working
Wellbeing support and initiative
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
The role is both the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with complex and chronic wound care requirements, and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population. Responsible for the care delivered to their patients, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management of patients.
About us
We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. Most reception roles focus on patient or customer facing responsibilities. This is a role that will also equip you with a portfolio of administration skills associated with the reception back-office function within Primary Care, to make sustainable changes.
All employees are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.
Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line with the Equality Act, 2010.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.
You will love this job if you have a passion for supporting patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.
You will love this job if you have a passion for supporting patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Change-management skills to implement evidence-based care improvements into practice and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- IT skills.
- Computer literate.
- Critical thinking and analytical skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Enthusiasm.
- Good team player and open-minded approach to change.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
- Able to work flexibly and cover for holidays and peak workloads.
Qualifications
Essential
- RN qualification.
- NMC pin holder with no restrictions.
- Nurse mentor qualification i.e., facilitating learning in clinical practice.
- Advanced qualification in wound care.
- Nurse prescriber qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of complex and chronic wound care/leg ulcer management, with evidence of compression bandage application and doppler training.
- Able to demonstrate sound nursing experience using evidence-based practice.
- Willing to train to extend current knowledge to remain up to date with evidence-based practice.
- The ability to be able to travel between sites within a working day if necessary (included driving license with business insurance).
- Experience using system one.
- Experience and formal qualification in the management of long-term conditions.
Knowledge
Essential
- Speciality in wound care and the management of defined chronic wounds.
- Knowledge of diagnosis and management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care.
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
- Knowledge of local and national health policy.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care.
- Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of current immunization schedule
- Knowledge of local and national guidance and policy relating to all relevant areas of own practice.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Change-management skills to implement evidence-based care improvements into practice and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- IT skills.
- Computer literate.
- Critical thinking and analytical skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Enthusiasm.
- Good team player and open-minded approach to change.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
- Able to work flexibly and cover for holidays and peak workloads.
Qualifications
Essential
- RN qualification.
- NMC pin holder with no restrictions.
- Nurse mentor qualification i.e., facilitating learning in clinical practice.
- Advanced qualification in wound care.
- Nurse prescriber qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of complex and chronic wound care/leg ulcer management, with evidence of compression bandage application and doppler training.
- Able to demonstrate sound nursing experience using evidence-based practice.
- Willing to train to extend current knowledge to remain up to date with evidence-based practice.
- The ability to be able to travel between sites within a working day if necessary (included driving license with business insurance).
- Experience using system one.
- Experience and formal qualification in the management of long-term conditions.
Knowledge
Essential
- Speciality in wound care and the management of defined chronic wounds.
- Knowledge of diagnosis and management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care.
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
- Knowledge of local and national health policy.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care.
- Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of current immunization schedule
- Knowledge of local and national guidance and policy relating to all relevant areas of own practice.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
