Staff Nurse - Dressing Clinic

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Staff Nurse for the Dressing Clinic at Whiston Hospital. The role involves assessing and treating wounds in a nurse-led clinic. Candidates must have excellent communication skills and experience in wound care. Interested applicants should possess a Level Registered Nurse qualification and a current NMC registration, with a commitment to patient care and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in working within a multi-disciplinary team is required.
• Knowledge of NMC professional standards is mandatory.
• Capable of handling complex sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Develop skills to care for acutely unwell patients.
• Liaise with senior staff to ensure quality service.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to prioritise workloads

Understanding of NMC professional standards

Education

1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma)

Current NMC Registration

Evidence of continuing professional development

Tools

Experience of electronic patient record

Job description

Go back Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Staff Nurse - Dressing Clinic

The closing date is 16 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Regional Plastic Surgery Dressing Clinic at Whiston Hospital. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, with a passion for excellence within the delivery of patient care, to join our highly-skilled Team of Nursing & Medical Staff.

Mersey Regional Plastics Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital provides treatment and repair of major lacerations where there is loss of tissue/ function, Re-attachment of severed body parts (re-implantation), Reconstruction surgery including where there is loss of tissue e.g. due to cancer or severe infections or trauma.

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical assessment of wounds and the treatment, and you should be able to work autonomously within this area, as the clinic is predominantly nurse led.

Experience in wound care is essential.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills when dealing with both patients & relatives and have the ability to make a clear decision with confidence and communicate this effectively. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and work effectively with outside agencies.

Your professional development is important to us, we believe this enables you to give the best possible care to our patients and visitors.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.

Main duties of the job

• To develop the skills to care for acutely unwell patients.
• Liaise with senior Medical/Medical staff to provide a high quality service to patients and their families.
• Offer advice / support to staff as required.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to maximise best use of resources.
• Demonstrate commitment to the principles of Improving Working Lives.
• Promote a safe working environment in accordance with Risk Management principles.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: 24th November 2025 (TBC)

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma)
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge & Experience

• Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
• Experience of working in a clinical environment
• Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• An understanding of national, regional and local NHS issues
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information

Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels
• Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own workload
• Ability to de-escalate complex situations
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
• Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record

Other

• Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment.
• Frequent concentration required for drug calculation and administration
• Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands
• Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. end of life care
• Ability to communicate distressing information
• Ability to communicate in a challenging environment
• Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department.
• Potential blood or body fluids exposure.

Trust Values

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust