# Community Clinical Wound Care Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-clinical-wound-care-nurse/90a1d93f-56f2-4999-8986-6e539c5e4ec7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-clinical-wound-care-nurse/90a1d93f-56f2-4999-8986-6e539c5e4ec7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Church Hill House, 51-52 Turing Drive, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7FR - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 per annum, pro rata (incl of HCAS) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T12:11:00.494Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Bracknell/Berkshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/District_Nursing_Bracknell/District_Nursing_Bracknell-v8231131 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8231131?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are currently recruiting for a Community Wound Care Nurse to join our busy yet rewarding team. The Community Wound Care Nurse will be responsible for leading wound / pressure care management across Bracknell Community Nursing Service. They will be an expert resource for community staff. The post holder will ensure the delivery of evidence-based care in relation to all aspects of Tissue Viability including leg ulcer management. They will improve and maintain standards of patient care through the implementation and continuous evaluation of quality improvement initiatives. You will be an enthusiastic and experienced nurse, with a warm personality and great people skills. Willing to undertake relevant training, you will have leadership experience and be able to demonstrate innovative practice. Showing effective management skills, you will take responsibility for caseload management of housebound patients with multiple nursing need in the community. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality evidence-based care for patients, their families, and carers in the community. ### Main duties of the job - Assess current treatment practices, maximise cost effectiveness whilst improving outcomes. - Provide information and advice to healthcare professionals about tissue viability using enhanced clinical judgement. Act as an information resource on tissue viability issues. - To support the provision of education and training relating to tissue viability to all levels of staff and disciplines. - Support and contribute to the development of programmes of care to improve clinical outcome in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, leg ulcers and non-healing and complex wounds. - To support the effective and efficient management of pressure relieving aids and equipment across the Trust in conjunction with equipment specialist nurse. - To support the development and implementation of systems for the audit of pressure ulcers, leg ulcers and complex wounds - Your working hours 08:30-16:30 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The must haves” for you to be considered for this role: - Leg ulcer/wound care qualification. - A passion for community nursing, that matches our passion to provide excellent healthcare for our patients within their own home with complex wound. - Adult nursing qualification along with NMC registration - A full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purpose For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Philomena Grey on 07771 872618 or email : philomena.grey@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of working autonomously to deliver high quality and evidence-based nursing care. - Experience in providing supervision to junior colleagues and students in the completion of routine nursing and clinical skills. - Uphold the Trust’s values of being caring, committed and working as team through demonstratable examples and experience. ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel between multiple Trust sites and non-Trust locations, including patient homes, some of which may not be easily accessible via public transport. ### Knowledge, skills and abilities **Essential** - Proficient use of digital tools and applications including Word, Outlook and patient management systems. ### Education/Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse - NMC Registration - Specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate short courses, training or equivalent experience, in a relevant field. ### Continuous Professional Development **Essential** - Evidence of continuing professional development ## Documents - [working for us (pdf, 773.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540998) - [help with your application guide (pdf, 256.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2286) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 330.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540999) - [value based recruitment behaviour framework (pdf, 454.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540997) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.