Enhanced Wound Care Community NurseNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Winchester District Nursing Teams.

We are seeking to recruit a full-time Band 6 Enhanced Wound Care nurse into our teams

You will be working under the supervision of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Tissue Viability. You will receive support and supervision to complete a range of competence-based assessment by an experienced and highly visible TV team and gain experience in clinical practice. The successful candidate will act as an expert resource to community and care home staff. The applicant will develop the ability and willingness to participate in some tissue viability education programmes with other team members. The role also provides support to an established tissue viability Link Nurse cohort in their geographical area.

Your main role will be working within the community nursing teams in the locality to support registered and unregistered staff to achieve competence, skill and experience with Tissue Viability. In addition, you will be supporting the senior staff to provide management and leadership to the teams.

You will be expected to maintain clinical skills and competence, you will have the ability to work unsupervised, be able to prioritise your workload, have excellent communication skills and the interest and enthusiasm to promote best practice in tissue viability. As a team player, you'll be able to prioritise your work in order to meet deadlines and have a customer focused approach

Main duties of the job

The primary role of the Enhanced Wound Care Nurse is to work across a designated geographical area, providing support in the delivery of evidence based high quality specialist wound / skin care, advice and education to a range of staff within the Integrated Community Winchester District.

The Enhanced Wound Care Nurse in conjunction with a wide range of clinical colleagues and specifically, GP's, Practice Nurses and Social Care professionals, will lead and facilitate a patient or client focused, co-ordinated case management approach across primary and secondary care for people With complex tissue viability issues.

To undertake a comprehensive competence programme that will ensure high levels of knowledge and skill in the area of tissue viability care across the Community team.

To work in clinic settings, patients' homes and in residential care settings to support general clinical staff in providing tissue viability care

To act as a role model and expert in the prevention, treatment and care of tissue viability conditions

To provide , with others, management and leadership support to the team.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence