We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic registered nurse with community experience to join our Complex Wound Care team. This post is to identify, assess and signpost patients with complex wounds within the allocated caseload, working with GPs and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will be based at 181 Goldie Leigh and will be expected to travel within the borough of Greenwich, delivering care to patients in their own homes, care homes and in community clinic settings.
You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who has good organisational and communication skills.
Main duties of the job
The clinical responsibilities will include the provision of evidenced based wound care, utilising holistic assessment, care planning, implementation and by defining, monitoring outcomes of care and service provision. This will include complex packages of care and complex clinical decision making where appropriate.
Close working, co-ordination and liaison with other service providers is required to ensure that patients are able to remain within their own homes.
Work in partnership to ensure all treatments and wound care strategies are evidence-based and cost effective.
Job responsibilities
1. To undertake and ensure that all patients within the caseload have a full, comprehensive and holistic clinical assessment at the time of their admission visit and that this is carried out and documented according to the requirements of the overview document.
2. To develop evidenced based wound care plans to meet the individual patients complex health and social needs ensuring that they are regularly reviewed and updated.
3. Support the introduction and use of technical nursing treatments utilising a robust evidenced based approach to ensure the most effective care.
4. Prescribe products to meet the needs of the patients within the allocated caseload utilising your non medical prescribing qualification and own prescribing skills. Ensuring that you prescribe within your sphere of competence.
5. Supports patients with complex wounds who have repeated hospital admission to develop their knowledge and understanding about their health and well being to enable self management within individual abilities.
6. To offer clinical practice advice and professional support to the community nursing and podiatry teams.
7. To ensure that sound clinical guidance is given to community staff.
8. To undertake the delegation of the clinical workload to Community Staff Nurses and Health Care Assistants ensuring they are competent to undertake the clinical wound care duties delegated to them.
9. To raise orders for stock, supplies and ordering clinical equipment (utilising the online Medequip system (Greenwich) or via Inspire Community Stores (Bexley)) to ensure that clinical management plans are implemented.
10. Make independent referrals for diagnostic tests and or opinions and care requirements via open and informed discussions with a range of Clinicians and specialists.
11. Provide clinically based education and training programmes to patients and staff either on an individual or group basis.
12. To work at all times within the NMC Professional Code of Conduct being accountable for own professional action and to undertake regular clinical supervision.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
* Registered Nurse
* Evidence of education or training in Tissue Viability/ Wound Care
Desirable
* Recognised teaching/ mentoring qualification
* Community nursing experience
Experience
Essential
* Experience in clinical audit and service development
* Knowledge of local and national tissue viability initiatives and guidance
* Minimum 2 years as a band 5 / 6
Desirable
* Caseload management experience
Skills/ Attributes
Essential
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
* Well developed physical examination skills
* Proven ability to prioritise and use initiative to meet deadlines
* Proven track record of excellent nursing care
* Ability to move across the borough independently
Desirable
* Experience in use of RiO
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Ability to handle difficult situations
* Professional caring manner
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
181 Goldie Leigh
Lodge Hill
London
SE2 0AY #J-18808-Ljbffr