Community Staff Nurse - Wound Care & Lymphedema
Job overview
Exciting Opportunity for a Registered General Nurse: Dive into Wound Care.
Are you a passionate Registered General Nurse eager to enhance your expertise in wound and leg ulcer management? Join our dynamic Wound Care & Lymphedema Service and take your career to the next level, supporting our dedicated Team Leaders and Tissue Viability Lead!
In this rewarding role, you’ll provide top-tier care to patients registered with a Bury GP, helping those in need of wound management following surgery or trauma, as well as offering valuable skin care advice. Our evidence-based approach includes comprehensive assessments and effective treatment strategies tailored for wounds, leg ulcers, and Lymphedema.
As part of a close-knit team of 14 professionals—including Tissue Viability Nurses, Community Nurse Team Leaders, and Health Care Support Workers—you’ll play a pivotal role in promoting self-management pathways, empowering patients and their families to take charge of their health.
Our service operates 7 days a week across various clinic settings, collaborating with Community Clinicians for joint assessments in nursing homes and with adult community teams.
If you're ready to broaden your skill set, including techniques like ABPIs, and make a meaningful impact alongside an inspiring team, we want to hear from you! Step into a role where your contributions truly matter—apply today.
Main duties of the job
Elevate Patient Care: Join Our Dedicated Team.
Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of healthcare? We are seeking a passionate and skilled nurse to join our dynamic team, where you'll play a crucial role in delivering exceptional patient care!
In this exciting position, you will assess, plan, and implement comprehensive care for our patients, ensuring meticulous documentation in both electronic and paper formats. You’ll optimize clinic attendance using the latest IT systems from the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, streamlining the patient experience.
Your commitment to excellence will shine as you mentor and coach junior staff and students, fostering a culture of learning and growth within our service. You'll also have the opportunity to perform complex nursing procedures, such as ABPIs, that truly enhance patient care.
Recognizing opportunities for improvement is key—your vigilance in identifying and acting on situations that could affect patient well-being will set you apart. Plus, you’ll have the responsibility of prescribing treatments from the Trust Wound Care Formulary, all while being mindful of budgetary constraints.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership.
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: [...]/
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Understanding and Knowledge of recent community developments
- Knowledge of IT systems, e.g. System 1
Current NMC registration
Essential criteria- Current NMC Registration
Registered General Nurse
Essential criteria- Registered Nurse/Adult Branch
Non Medical Prescribing
Desirable criteria- Willingness to undertake Non Medical Prescribing qualification
Acquiring new skills
Essential criteria- Willingness to acquire new skills and knowledge
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria- Leg Ulcer management qualification and experience
- Willingness to undertake Leg Ulcer management qualification
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met).As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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