Wound clinic nurse (band 6) in Rainham inRainham PUBLISHED FRI 7 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section

• Are you a skilled wound therapist with excellent interpersonal skills and sound clinical assessment skills?
• Do you have the confidence to work alone, putting the patient at the heart of what you do; and to get involved within a multi-disciplinary team?

If you answered yes, we've got the perfect role for you

This is a unique opportunity to work in our dedicated wound clinics which cover all types of wound and leg ulcer care across Medway.

This post is a varied role and will involve delivering based wound care; full assessments, implementation and evaluation of wound and leg ulcer care.

You will need to be flexible as the wound clinics operate 7 days a week based at Lordswood HLC.

• To work as a member of the tissue viability and wound therapy service to undertake the nursing care of patients attending Medway community healthcare wound clinics, community nursing and leg ulcer clinics
• To provide effective evidence based wound care including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of plans of care, prescription of treatment and advice to patients who are seen by the service.
• To support wound therapist in the management of the clinics and take responsibility for the care and treatment of your patients.
• To oversee the healthcare assistants in the team as required and support the nurse therapist with allocated students and other visitors to the clinic.

About us

Person specification

Criteria

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

Registered nurse on Part 1 of the Nursing Midwifery Council register

Evidence of further study

Mentorship or training qualification

Evidence of completion of tissue viability and leg ulcer degree module or equivalent or willingness to undertake at earliest opportunity

Recognised degree in nursing or equivalent qualification

Nurse prescriber or willingness to undertake training

Relevant post-graduate qualification, e.g. in elderly care, chronic disease management, long term conditions

Experience

Post graduate accumulative experience in the fields of tissue viability or leg ulcer management /elderly/ community/ long term conditions.

Experience of delivering education and teaching.

Proven and evidence of experience in an autonomous practitioner role

Experience and competence in high-level clinical assessment of complex patients

Evidence of specialist knowledge in community nursing and advanced practitioner

Experience of using technology to facilitate provision of patient care

Experience of motivational interviewing

Change management experience

Special knowledge / expertise

Knowledge of current issues and trends within community healthcare, tissue viability/leg ulcer management, long term conditions, intermediate care and the NHS in general

A working knowledge of the admission avoidance ethos and facilitation of timely discharge

A sound knowledge of clinical governance and risk management

Ability to practice at an advanced level

Experience of lone working and decision making

Experience of mentoring students and other healthcare professionals

Proven ability to manage a caseload

Intermediate IT skills (windows, internet, outlook, excel )

Presentation skills and teaching or experience

Research awareness and audit skills

Experience of using research and other evidence to inform practice

Disposition, adjustment, attitude and commitment

Self-motivated

Able to work and make decisions autonomously and take the initiative

Assertive but diplomatic towards colleagues, patients, carers and relatives with interpersonal skills which will encourage self-empowerment

Flexible and responsive to the needs of the service

Ability to recognise own limitations and to refer appropriately when necessary in accordance with professional code of conduct

Practical / intellectual skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Effective time management, organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines

Able to travel to dispersed sites in a timely manner

MCH values

Being caring and compassionate

The health and wellbeing of our patients and staff are my priority.

I show kindness and humanity.

I am inclusive and non-discriminatory.

Working in partnership

I ask for, respond to and offer feedback which improves the quality of our services.

I work effectively as part of my immediate team, the wider organisation and with external partners to achieve shared goals.

I take responsibility and ownership for my area of work and I meet and manage expectations.

Delivering quality and value

I raise my concerns and I am open and honest when things do not go well, learning from successes and mistakes.

I make the most of resources and reduce waste and inefficiencies.

I seek out, share and actively participate in new ideas and ways of working.

These are the core values and behaviours expected of all roles within MCH and individual performance in relation to the values is assessed in your PDR. A full description is available from your manager and the intranet.