Employer: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town: East Grinstead
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/12/2024 23:59
Plastic Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as:
* Tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
* Flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
* A dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital, we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that, we want every member of staff to be a green champion.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to visit patients in all environments and offer specialist advice to other healthcare professionals, carry out wound care checks and provide treatments for QVH patients.
A large part of this role is collaboration with other healthcare professionals and imparting knowledge and experience to provide the best care for the patient and their wound.
Other duties include developing the service for future sustainable growth while maintaining standards of specialist care. Innovate and change current practice through the delivery of appropriate education and training to meet service needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be part of a small team intent on driving the implementation of national best practice guidance for lower limb care. You will be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, implementing, planning and reviewing care needs for lower limb patients.
Patients are assessed initially from a photo on referral after which a plan is formulated. You will need to use clinical expertise and work autonomously, although a weekly MDT discusses more complex patients when needed.
You will be expected to attend patients in various environments and offer specialist advice to nursing homes, district nurses, practice nurses, and acute nurses in their care of patients.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Working towards or a master's degree to demonstrate specialist knowledge
* Facilitating learning in practice (mentorship)
* Plastic surgery qualification
* Wound care qualification
Experience
* Specialist wound care knowledge
* Current experience at an acute clinical setting as a band 6 or above
* Working within an MDT
* Experience of developing clinical protocols and procedures
* Experience of working with a quality improvement framework
Knowledge and skills
* Knowledge of the latest wound care management
* Ability to work autonomously
* Excellent teaching and presentation skills
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary.
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