Staff Nurse Ambulatory Clinic

NHS; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a passionate and skilled NMC Registered Nurse to join their Tissue Viability team. The successful candidate will manage a variety of clinics, focusing on wound care and patient outcomes while benefiting from extensive training and support. A flexible working environment is offered to enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Dedicated 6-week supernumerary induction

Funding for personal development

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Candidates must be NMC Registered Nurses.
• Having a Post Graduate Degree is desirable.
• Driving licence and access to a car is essential for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Independently run clinics and conduct holistic assessments.
• Advise on optimal wound treatment and manage patient care plans.
• Engage in service improvement initiatives and complex case management.

Skills

Driving licence

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Post Graduate Degree

Job description

Job summary

Do you have an interest and passion for Tissue Viability? Are you passionate about complex wound care assessment, planning and evaluating to improve patient outcomes, if yes then this could be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ambulatory Care District Nursing Clinics.

Main duties of the job

You do not need to have community nursing experience as we are committed to supporting your development during your induction and beyond. It would be an advantage if you have experience in vascular, surgical nursing and or tissue viability experience, although not essential.

We are a transforming service working towards enhancing care provision for people with complex wounds, surgical drains, catheter care and nephrostomy care. As an evolving service we have many service improvement initiatives in development which support the implementation of the National Wound Care strategy. We work collaboratively with the Tissue Viability Team, Vascular Service, Foot Health and Compton Lymphoedema service as well as with regional networks.

Within this role, you will independently run a variety of clinics, completing comprehensive holistic assessments, advising on optimal wound treatment and ensuring patient care plans follow the, catheter and wound care pathways.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Details Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

225-DIV3-7204937

Job locations

Phoenix Health Centre

Parkfield Road

Wolverhampton

WV4 6ED

Job description Job responsibilities

If you were to come and work with us, we can offer:

• Flexible working across a 7-day service including extended hours
• Dedicated and robust 6-week supernumery induction
• An established team of experienced nurses to help you settle in and support your transition in becoming a valued member of our team
• We have dedicated community practice education facilitators to help support you with competencies and new skills and development
• Promote and support you to become an autonomous and independent practitioner within the specialism
• Multi-site working including home visits when required
• Support you to manage your own working day
• Encourage you to be part of new and exciting developments and service improvements
• Empower you to have a voice and bring new ideas and transferable skills to our teams
• Support you to lead on changes to improve and develop our services
• Support with funding for personal development such as degree top up, masters, apprenticeships, stand-a-lone modules such as health assessment, Tissue Viability, Surgical debridement and many more!
• Latest technical innovations to support wound care monitoring and healing
• Support you in complex case management of patients
• Offer professional advocacy sessions within house professional advocates for one to one and group sessions
• As of 2024 we are introducing the specialist practitioner qualification course, to support the development of our junior workforce

We welcome internal and external candidates who have a desire to work with us. We offer an internal transfer for those directly working within RWT.

If you would like to find out more about the career opportunities, we can offer or discuss any specific requirement you might have please contact us we would love to hear from you!

Candidates must have a driving licence and own a car they can use for work purposes

Job description Job responsibilities

If you were to come and work with us, we can offer:

• Flexible working across a 7-day service including extended hours
• Dedicated and robust 6-week supernumery induction
• An established team of experienced nurses to help you settle in and support your transition in becoming a valued member of our team
• We have dedicated community practice education facilitators to help support you with competencies and new skills and development
• Promote and support you to become an autonomous and independent practitioner within the specialism
• Multi-site working including home visits when required
• Support you to manage your own working day
• Encourage you to be part of new and exciting developments and service improvements
• Empower you to have a voice and bring new ideas and transferable skills to our teams
• Support you to lead on changes to improve and develop our services
• Support with funding for personal development such as degree top up, masters, apprenticeships, stand-a-lone modules such as health assessment, Tissue Viability, Surgical debridement and many more!
• Latest technical innovations to support wound care monitoring and healing
• Support you in complex case management of patients
• Offer professional advocacy sessions within house professional advocates for one to one and group sessions
• As of 2024 we are introducing the specialist practitioner qualification course, to support the development of our junior workforce

We welcome internal and external candidates who have a desire to work with us. We offer an internal transfer for those directly working within RWT.

If you would like to find out more about the career opportunities, we can offer or discuss any specific requirement you might have please contact us we would love to hear from you!

Candidates must have a driving licence and own a car they can use for work purposes

Person Specification Qualification Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post Graduate Degree

Experience Desirable

• Community Experience
• Wound Care

Skills Essential

• Uk driving licence and access to a car for work purposes

Desirable

• Catheterisation - Male/Female
• Doppler - Mesi/Manual ABPI
• Physical Assessment

Person Specification Qualification Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post Graduate Degree

Experience Desirable

• Community Experience
• Wound Care

Skills Essential

• Uk driving licence and access to a car for work purposes

Desirable

• Catheterisation - Male/Female
• Doppler - Mesi/Manual ABPI
• Physical Assessment

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 as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

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

Additional information 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 as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

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

Employer details Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

Phoenix Health Centre

Parkfield Road

Wolverhampton

WV4 6ED

Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

Phoenix Health Centre

Parkfield Road

Wolverhampton

WV4 6ED

Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)