Community Staff Nurse (Treatment Room)

WWL; Leigh; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is seeking qualified nurses to join the Treatment Room Nursing Team across Wigan, Ashton and Leigh. Community experience is welcome with full training provided.

The role is 37.5 hours per week over a 7-day rota. Active/pending NMC registration is required. You must be able to travel independently across the Trust and attend multiple appointments punctually each day.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• NHS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work independently within the Treatment Room service, managing clinic patients in a designated room.
• Travel across Ashton, Wigan and Leigh to attend appointments punctually.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and uphold infection control standards.

Skills

RN

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical skills

Education

NMC Registration

CPD evidence

Job description

People at the Heart. One Team. Your Career at WWL.

Job overview

We are currently looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated qualified nurses to join the Treatment Room Nursing Team to cover all areas within the Wigan, Ashton and Leigh locality.

Community experience desired but not essential as full training will be given. We offer an excellent preceptorship programme supported by our education department. We also promote and support professional development with many training opportunities available.

The successful candidates must be able to travel independently across Trust. The post is community based and post holders must be able to attend multiple appointments punctually every day whilst transporting all required equipment. Appropriate vehicle insurance will be required.

We have a full time position (37.5 hours) working across a 7 day week.

Active/pending NMC registration is required for this post.

Advert will close once sufficient quality applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The primary function of the role is to work independently within the Treatment Room service by undertaking responsibility for clinic patients in a designated treatment room. The post holder will ideally have had previous extensive district nursing experience as the role involves lone working.

You will have a variety of clinical skills and be able to demonstrate continued professional development. You will have highly developed communication and personal skills. You will have the ability to work alone but still be a team player. If you feel you are adaptable, self motivated and able to respond to challenges then please apply.

An Enhanced DBS with Adults' Barred List check will be obtained during pre-employment checks.

Based in the Community division so you will need to be able to travel independently across Ashton, Wigan and Leigh.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high‑quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.

We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

• People at the Heart
• Listen and Involve
• Kind and Respectful
• ONE Team

We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high‑quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.

At WWL, we recognise the strength that comes from a rich and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Planning and Organisational Duties

• To work within all of the standard operational policies and health and safety procedures of the department in accordance with Trust standards and policies.
• To work within Infection Control policies and procedures, following strict hand hygiene in all areas at all times.
• Communicate effectively at all times with patients, relatives and carers to give and receive complex or sensitive information and instructions in an understandable form. This involves the use of persuasive, motivational and empathic skills whilst being sensitive to an individual’s complex barriers to communication e.g. deaf and non-speaking individuals, those with learning disabilities, visual difficulties, cultural differences, pain, fear, altered perception, emotional and psychological problems, expressive and receptive dysphagia and behavioural problems.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Liaise and communication with Pathology departmental staff, GPs, medical colleagues and ward staff, and maintain good relationships with all disciplines.

Responsibility for Human Resources

• To adhere to Trust policies and procedures.
• To comply with mandatory training requirements.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Responsibility for Teaching

• To teach and assess students as required
• Teaching patients and carers

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Current and valid NMC Registration
• Recent evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• NHS experience

Skills

• Managing routine consultations with patients, identify clinical risks and recognise signs of deterioration in patients
• Wide range of clinical skills i.e removal of sutures, compression, wound care, catheter care, central line flush
• Excellent communication and written skills
• Able to work in a team
• Ability to follow written procedures accurately
• Ability to perform tasks of a repetitive nature

Knowledge

• Knowledge of professional protocols

Additional

• Able to travel across Trust independently

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The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Guidance on Completing Your Application

Applications are assessed against the person specification. We strongly encourage you to use the supporting information section to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria, providing clear examples where possible.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require participation in an on-call rota, particularly those that are operational in nature.

WWL is part of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. We recognise continuous or ‘unbroken’ service from any Greater Manchester Local Authority, NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. This ensures access to our service‑related benefits.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Emma McNicholas Job title District Nursing Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 03007071340 Additional information

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