Lower Limb Nurse Specialist

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Ledbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider is seeking a skilled Band 6 Lower Limb Nurse Specialist to join their team in Ledbury. This role offers the chance to work in community clinics, focusing on lower limb care and patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will have experience in tissue viability, strong clinical skills, and a commitment to professional development. This position promotes a supportive work environment and the opportunity to engage in innovative clinical practices, alongside a commitment to improving patient care.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive clinical team

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in lower limb or tissue viability care.
• Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
• Experience in leadership and management.
• Experience of change management.

Responsibilities

• Provide lower limb services within designated locality.
• Cross cover services across Herefordshire.
• Engage in continuous professional development.

Skills

Clinical Audit

Wound Care

Tissue Viability Practice

Research in wound care

Leg ulcer management

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Leg Ulcer in-house course

Tissue Viability degree-level qualification

Independent non-medical prescriber qualification

Job description

Are you a motivated and skilled nurse with a passion for lower limb care? We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a Band 6 Lower Limb Nurse Specialist to join our well-established, forward-thinking community service within Herefordshire.

This role is primarily based across Bromyard and Ledbury, working with patients in community clinics and home settings, as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team.

Our Lower Limb Service is ahighly regarded and longstanding service within Herefordshire, committed to evidence-based practice, innovation, and continuous improvement. We are proud of our patient-centred approach and our strong professional reputation across the county.

The service actively embraces new models of care, clinical developments, and service transformation, ensuring staff are supported to work at the top of their licence and develop advanced clinical skills.

We offer -

• A supportive and experienced clinical team
• A stable, well-established service with a positive culture
• Opportunities for professional development and specialist training
• Flexible working where possible to support work-life balance
• The opportunity to work in beautiful rural Herefordshire, serving close-knit local communities

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a registered nurse (NMC) with substantial experience in lower limb or tissue viability care
• Has strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills
• Is confident working autonomously while valuing team collaboration
• Is enthusiastic about service development and improving patient outcomes
• Holds (or is willing to work towards) relevant specialist qualifications

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."\

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job responsibilities

Please see Job description for overview of main responsibilities. This role will provide lower limb services within a designated locality but may be required to cross cover the service across Herefordshire.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with proven post registration experience working with patients with a variety of wounds
• Leg Ulcer in-house 2 day course plus competencies
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Tissue Viability related qualification at degree level
• Post graduate teaching qualification or a comparable level of experience (or willingness to work toward)
• Independent non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake.
• V150 Prescribing course

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Clinical Audit
• Wound Care and Tissue Viability Practice
• Current research, practice development in wound care and tissue viability
• Care pathways for wound care and leg ulcer management

Experience

• Experience of leadership and management skills
• Experience of change management.
• Experience and knowledge of audit systems and research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known asB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.