Registed Nurse, Plastic Dressings

University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire Nhs Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust invites applications for a Band 5 Plastics Dressings Clinic Nurse. The role focuses on safe, compassionate wound care and plastics dressing clinics with cross-site coverage between the UHCW site and Rugby St Cross on Monday afternoons.

UK NMC registration is essential and post-preceptorship experience is preferred. The successful candidate will deliver wound assessments, coordinate care plans, and maintain documentation while upholding

Qualifications

• Current UK NMC registration is required.
• Band 5 level with post-preceptorship experience preferred.
• Experience in plastics dressing/wound care is advantageous.
• Commitment to patient safety and aseptic technique.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care in the plastics dressing clinic.
• Assess wounds including size, depth, tissue type and signs of infection.
• Manage post-operative wounds, grafts, flaps, and complex wounds within competence.
• Perform VAC/NPWT dressing changes following training.
• Maintain accurate documentation and patient records.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary team and arrange follow-up appointments.
• Maintain infection prevention standards and safeguarding procedures.

Skills

NMC registration

Wound care

Patient education

Infection control

IT skills

Education

Registered Nurse (NHS)

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Plastics Dressings Clinic Nurse. This is an ideal role for a motivated proactive individual with plastics / wound care knowledge and experience to join our team. This post will include cross site cover, whilst we work predominantly at the UHCW site, we also cover Rugby St Cross on an Monday afternoon.

Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration will not be considered for this post.

The successful candidate must have post-preceptorship experience.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• Provide safe, effective and compassionate nursing care to patients attending the plastic dressing clinic.
• Assess wounds, including size, depth, tissue type, exudate, odour, surrounding skin and signs of infection.
• Assess and manage post-operative wounds, grafts, flaps, donor sites and complex wounds within the nurse's competence.
• Undertake VAC/NPWT dressing changes following appropriate training and competency assessment.
• Maintain aseptic technique and infection prevention and control standards during wound care.
• Monitor patients for complications
• Escalate concerns promptly to the relevant healthcare professional.
• Provide patient education
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation, including wound assessment, dressing products, patient tolerance and escalation
• Take and upload wound photographs in accordance with local policy and consent requirements.
• Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Arrange appropriate follow-up appointments
• Recognise safeguarding concerns and follow relevant Trust safeguarding procedures.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with NMC Code, Trust policies and professional standards.
• Maintain professional competence through mandatory training, CPD and competency-based training.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct.Contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
• A competent practitioner, teaching, assessing and supervising/providing mentorship to appropriate students or junior staff.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated, involving patients and users.
• Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities to support patient care pathways.
• Demonstrate technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient care management including; patient observations; equipment management and administration of agreed invasive tests/procedures.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data.
• Manage expected (and occasional unexpected) clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, referring to a senior member of staff where appropriate e.g. in an unexpected event.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current Professional NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification or willingness to undertake
• Post-Preceptorship

Desirable

• First level degree or willingness to undertake
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Professional Clinical experience
• Basic wound care management
• Willingness to undertake more complex wound management with supervision and training
• Post-Preceptorship experience

Desirable

• Ability to successfully manage people and change
• Plastic Surgery experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the Professional Code of Conduct
• Able to apply evidence based practice
• Awareness of clinical governance & a commitment to clinical supervision and staff development

Desirable

• An understanding of current issues relating to the NHS

Skills

Essential

• IT skills
• Patient focused
• Good communication skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Good management of own and others time
• Able to use initiative and make decisions
• Analyses problems and implements appropriates solutions

Desirable

• Have a confident approach and the ability to inspire confidence

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values. (As detailed in UHCW's Values in Action document below)
• Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience

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 as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).