We are delighted to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and ambitious individual to join our team in the role of Wound Care Nurse. If you are the type of health professional who truly has the patient at the heart of everything you do and you want to work in a Trust that shares your values, then this might just be the perfect role for you. The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust (UHMBT) wants to provide sustainable high quality medical services that fit with the Better Care Together integrated model of care - high quality specialist hospital services wrapping around community based teams to deliver responsive specialist expertise within both acute hospital and community settings and helping to keep people well and to manage their long term conditions closer to home. We work as a multi-disciplinary team and you will have the opportunity to help develop and improve our pathways of care for our patients. We welcome applications from NMC registered nurses who are keen to advance their clinical, professional and leadership skills. This post provides opportunity for developing wound care, offloading and arterial assessment skills.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for delivering a high quality, accessible and timely evidence based clinical pathway for patients. You will work within both the community Podiatry service and in the outpatient/inpatient hospital setting at Westmorland General Hospital, where you will be responsible for the provision of care to the high risk foot. You will provide quality, evidence based clinical interventions, take responsibility for educating and training colleagues and support the community Podiatry team. You need to be an excellent communicator, able to work independently and confidently and possess well developed organisational skills.
About us
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence based care.
* Provide expert advice to patients, carers/relatives, clinical practitioners and peers.
* Provide expert evidence based practice.
* Provide specialist education and training to others.
* Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* 1st level registered nurse
* Post Basic qualification in specialist area
Desirable
* Master's Module
Experience
Essential
* Relevant post-basic qualification experience
* Current knowledge and experience of caring for patients with condition related to post
* Evidence of clinical competence in the speciality
Desirable
* Experience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
Skills, Ability & Knowledge
Essential
* Demonstrable clinical skills within specialist area
* Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
Desirable
* Up to date knowledge of the developments in appropriate area care
Personal Attributes
Essential
* Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
* Ability to travel as required
Desirable
* Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Address
Westmorland General Hospital
Burton Road
Kendal
LA9 7RG
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