Wound Care Nurse Development Post

Job overview

Develop your specialist wound care career with us!

Are you a registered nurse with a passion for wound care and a desire to develop your specialist skills?

Join our Wound Care Service as a Band 5 Developmental Wound Care Nurse, where you will be supported and mentored by experienced Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses to develop your knowledge, skills and confidence in managing complex wounds and work your way towards become a Band 6 Nurse!

You will gain experience across lower limb, Doppler and toe pressure assessments, pressure ulcer prevention, negative pressure wound therapy and complex wound management, working across community settings including patients’ homes, clinics, GP practices and care homes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your specialist practice within a supportive team and build a strong foundation for a career in tissue viability.

Development into a band 6 tissue viability specialist nurse will be discussed on completion and competence of all clinical competencies. Development into a band 6 tissue viability specialist nurse includes developing skills in remote clinical triage, and providing advice, guidance and education through teaching and inreach within community nursing teams. Both job descriptions have been attached. Development into this post is likely to take up to 12 months.

Please contact Bethany Head (07900264402) if you’d like to discuss this post further.

Main duties of the job

PLEASE NOTE: Please see the bottom of this advert to find both the Band 5 and Band 6 job descriptions attached.

The post holder will provide assessment, treatment planning and advice for patients who have been referred into the Wound Care Service, with the support and guidance of the specialist nurses within the team. They will be working in a variety of community settings including patients’ homes, clinics, GP practices, nursing and residential homes to support the delivery of excellent wound care across the Sirona care and health population. Patient visits may be undertaken alone or jointly with the nurses providing the patient’s wound care.

The post requires a registered nurse with experience in community nursing, a passion for wound care, sound knowledge and skills set in lower limb management, wound care and pressure ulcer prevention. Current competence in doppler and lower limb assessment is advantageous.

Assessments will include lower limb and vascular assessment (dopplers and toe pressures), pressure ulcer and equipment assessments, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT/ VAC), general wound assessments.

The Wound Care Service covers Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG), therefore there is a requirement to travel across all of this area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Please use your 'Supporting Information' to demonstrate and provide evidence in how you meet the Person Specification below.

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.