Plastics Dressing Clinic Charge Nurse

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London is seeking an experienced nurse to lead the Plastics Dressing Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital. The Plastics Dressing Clinic is part of our Plastic Surgery service, handling complex wound care and breast and head and neck reconstruction cases.

You will provide high-quality, evidence-based wound care, support patients through their surgical journey with compassionate, personalised care, and lead a dynamic multidisciplinary team to maintain service

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care without supervision.
• Act as a high-profile, accessible leader with clinical responsibility within the specialist plastic surgery and wound care clinic.
• Make informed decisions within own area and scope of professional practice to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met.
• Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them.
• Ensure smooth running of the Plastic Dressing Clinic.
• Provide cover and advice to other specialties as required.
• Line manage roster ensuring that annual leave and holidays are booked in advance.

Job description

Are you an experienced nurse with a passion for wound care, clinical excellence and delivering a positive patient experience? We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic nurse to join our team and lead the Plastics Dressing Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital.

The Plastics Dressing Clinic is an integral part of our Plastic Surgery service, based within a nationally recognised tertiary referral centre. The department manages a high volume of complex cases, including breast and head and neck reconstructive surgery, providing an exciting opportunity to develop and enhance your specialist wound care expertise.

In this role, you will play a key part in supporting patients throughout their surgical journey, providing high-quality, evidence-based wound care and ensuring every patient receives compassionate, personalised care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated nurse who is passionate about specialist wound management, patient-centred care and working within a dynamic, highly skilled multidisciplinary team.

• To provide high quality, effective, individualized care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision
• To act as a high profile, accessible and responsive leader with clinical responsibility within the specialist plastic surgery and wound care clinic.
• To make informed decisions within own area and scope of professional practice to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met.
• Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them
• To ensure smooth running of the Plastic Dressing Clinic
• To provide cover and advice to other specialties as required
• To effectively line manage own roster ensuring that annual leave and holidays a booked in advanc

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nomsa Nyabunze Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02033111961