Ensure the effective and smooth delivery of the nursing service within the Services for all patients with lower and upper limb amputation and/or deficiency Promote a safe environment for patients within the clinical settings Be responsible for reporting effectively (both written and verbal) on the care and condition of patients and where appropriate, initiate any action that may be required, maintaining client confidentiality at all times, e.g. safeguarding Be responsible for the triage of all services referrals, planned preventative maintenance reviews and those seeking advice on stump management Be integral to the assessment of primary patients attending the Services, agreeing Care Plans with the patients and keeping contemporaneous records, both physical and electronic (ELMs) Offer patient advice on a range of matters including smoking cessation, management of substances use/misuse, healthy living signposting to other support services as necessary Communicate via telephone and face-to-face with patients and carers, on a daily basis, some of which display severe challenging behaviour and to assist with personal care Actively maintain relationships and liaise with colleagues, hospital staff, GPs, community nurses, AHPs, care managers, Social Services and any other external agency, to ensure the provision of an effective nursing service is maintained To take an active role in all clinical audit activities as a member of the Clinical Team, including the Inter Regional Audit Group (IRPAG) Participate in delivering Services organised training sessions for external AHPs and onsite training delivery from associated organisations and products Webinar sessions Support health care professionals and students visiting the Services on placement Be conversant with Nursing and Midwifery Council Advisory documents: `The Code of Professional Conduct, Administration of Drugs and the Guidelines for Professional Conduct Undertake role of Lead Link for Infection Control and Medicines Management Responsible for monitoring diabetic clients and liaising with external agencies Undertake wound assessment, liaising with external agencies to enable effective wound management Ensure clinical equipment is maintained, liaising with the Lead Specialist Equipment Co-Ordinator for Medical Devices Management, EME, etc. Manage FP10s, dressings, drugs and associated supplies, liaising with the Business Administration Hub for orders to be placed Undertake, and maintain compliance with, all mandatory training and seek opportunities to support own continual professional development (CPD), maintaining knowledge of new developments and concepts, particularly related to Tissue Viability Be a member of the Nurse Amputee Network group (35 members) Adhere to Trust policies and procedures in the delivery of care and contribute to ongoing review and implementation of new policies, practices and procedures by keeping professionally updated