Job Description

Are you dedicated to providing exceptional nursing care in a Wound Clinic environment?



Do you find wound healing and the aetiology intriguing?



Are you seeking a new challenge to enhance your knowledge and skills while contributing to a service committed to excellence in wound care?



We are thrilled to announce that we have a vacancy for a motivated and passionate nurse to join us at our Wound Healing Service Team in Telford and Shropshire.



Our team is professional, skilled, friendly and supportive and we prioritise safety while delivering high quality, holistic, evidence based wound care to our patients.



By joining our supportive and dedicated team you will have the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge of wound healing to provide optimum care for patients with a wide variety of wounds.



Training will be provided to enhance your skills to enable you to work as an independent clinician providing high quality patient care, as well as opportunities for further academic learning and support for your career development.



Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.



Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating wound care for patients.



Provide a plan of care using trust policies and pathways for guidance whilst utilising local formularies.



Provide holistic assessment of patients needs making onward referrals where required.



Ensure safeguarding needs are met and escalate where indicated and ensuring IPC policies and protocols are followed ensuring ongoing patient safety.



Support junior staff and student in achieving their learning outcomes.



Liaise with senior nurse, Tissue Viability, GP's, and wider MDT where required.



Participate in audits to ensure ongoing quality and improvement within the service.



Participate in ordering of clinic stock and dressing supplies, ensuring stock rotation to avoid waste of resources.



Support senior nurse and cover when needed.



Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.



Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.



Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.



Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.



Please see the and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.