Registered Nurse with Interest in Complex Wound Care

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Registered Nurse specializing in Complex Wound Care. This full-time role involves assessing and treating patients with complex leg wounds and providing training to healthcare staff. With a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, you'll be part of an innovative healthcare team working across Gloucester to improve patient care.

Benefits

Free car parking at many sites

27 days leave plus bank holidays

A broad range of training and development opportunities

Generous NHS pension

Flexible, family-friendly working opportunities

Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving licence.
• Experience with leg ulcer and complex wound management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with complex leg wounds.
• Provide leadership to Band 3 clinicians in clinics.
• Develop training for health professionals.

Skills

Good communication skills

Experience in community settings

Complex wound management

Education

Appropriate UK professional registration

Job description

Registered Nurse with Interest in Complex Wound Care

Band 6

Main area Complex Leg Wound Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Peripatetic) Job ref 327-25-476

Site Southgate Moorings Town Gloucester Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/07/2025 23:59

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a highly motivated, innovative and experienced nurse who has a passion for improving complex wounds and leg ulcer management. It is a great development opportunity for someone wishing to step into specialising in this area. The post holder will assess and treat patients with complex leg wounds as well as assessing and supporting in the management of other associated co-morbidities.

In this role working within a team, you will be providing leadership to the Band 3 non registered clinicians working within the clinics, supporting their developmental needs and developing their clinical competence

This is a peripatetic role and requires travel around the county.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake patient assessment and instigate therapeutic treatment based on evidence and national guidelines to improve healing rates and health outcomes. They will work collaboratively with other specialist services to provide holistic patient care and refer on to other services according to agreed treatment pathways.

You will be supported and guided in your role by a Professional Lead who is responsible for developing and shaping this new innovative community based service.

You will liaise closely with health professionals in both primary and secondary care as well as the voluntary sector ensuring patients clinical and social needs are managed effectively and the patients have an improved quality of life.

Education for both other health professionals as well as patient education is a key part of this role with a focus on well legs and ulcer recurrence prevention.

The role will require you to develop and deliver training to other health professionals and participate in clinical audit as well as clinical product evaluations.

You will need some post registration experience and have experience with wounds and the management of leg ulcers as well knowledge on the current wound formulary. The post holder will be expected to provide occasional weekend or bank holiday daytime cover on a rotational
basis.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide/support:

• Clinical management in Complex wound and leg ulcer management by undertaking full clinical assessment of patients within Gloucestershire with complex wounds and leg ulcers referred from GP’s, District nursing teams, Practice nurses and other specialist services.
• The development and implementation of training packages for a range of staff including nurses, HCA’s and members of the ICT’s
• Participation in data collection and audit.
• Participation in formulary development and compliance
• Participation in the development and updating of clinical guidelines
• Participation in CQUIN implementation
• Contribute to delivery of a 6 day service (under continual review

Person specification

• Full UK driving licence
• Evidence of good communication skills, verbal and written
• Experience of working within the community setting.
• Experience with leg ulcer and complex wound management

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

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.