Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm)
- Job ref
- 331-C12061224
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westmorland General Hospital
- Town
- Kendal
- Closing
- 27/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Wound Care Nurse - Podiatry
NHS AfC: Band 6
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
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Job overview
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.Ìý
Working for our organisation
We operateÌýfrom 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, andÌýUlverstonÌýCommunity Health Centre.Ìý
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.Ìý
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.Ìý
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,ÌýdayÌýcase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.Ìý
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidence based care.
•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Provide expert advice to patients, carers/relatives, clinical practitioners and peers.
•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Provide expert evidence based practice.Ìý
•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Provide specialist education and training to others.
•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st level registered nurse
- Post Basic qualification in specialist area
Desirable criteria
- Master's Module
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Experience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
Skills, Ability & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable clinical skills within specialist area
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
Desirable criteria
- Up to date knowledge of the developments in appropriate area care
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
- Ability to travel as required
Desirable criteria
- Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Graham Holt
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Podiatrist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01539 715225
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