Wound Clinic Staff Nurse

Temple B'nai Abraham; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified and experienced band 5 Staff Nurse to join a dynamic Wound Clinic Service. This role involves delivering comprehensive wound care to patients, conducting holistic assessments, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with NMC Registration, demonstrating strong communication skills and a commitment to professional development. Join a dedicated team in providing excellent healthcare services to the community, ensuring effective and safe treatment for all service users. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact in patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC Registration and experience in wound care.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver all types of wound care to patients in a primary care setting.
• Conduct holistic assessments and implement evidence-based treatment plans.

Skills

Wound Care

Excellent Communication Skills

Teaching Skills

Holistic Assessments

Education

UK NMC Registration

Nurse Prescriber

Wound Care Course Achievement - University level 6/7

Job description

HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9-5pm 8 hour shifts with half an hour unpaid break)Job ref110-NMR190-0425EmployerCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardEmployer typeNHSSiteMultiple Sites working between New Surgery, Min-y-Nant Pencoed, Dewi Sant, and Ysbyty Cwm RhonddaTownPontypriddSalary£30,420 - £37,030 per annum pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing08/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 5

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Waless capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons. Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Wound Clinic Service.

The wound clinic nurse is responsible for the delivery of all types of wound care to patients within the primary care sector. Working within clinic's treating and supporting non-housebound patients whose care needs are outside the criteria of the Practice Nurse and District Nurse.

The post holder will carry out holistic assessments of all service users with regards to their care needs, to aid in the development and implementation of evidence based practice treatment plans. The post holder will work autonomously in their clinical practice while acknowledging their limitations and seek advice as and when necessary. The post holder will work alongside numerous members of the multi-disciplinary team within primary and secondary care to provide effective and safe treatment for service users.

Our Wound Clinic Service has 7 sites based within the Merthyr Tydfil/Rhondda Cynon Taf area/Bridgend - Kier Hardie, Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, Ysbyty Cwn Rhondda, Dewi Sant Health Park, Pencoed, Maesteg General Hospital and Porthcawl Medical Practice.

This particular role will mainly be required to cover the following three clinics within the service, Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, Dewi Sant and Pencoed, with support for all clinic sites as demand requires.

Main duties of the job

We provide all types of wound care to service users within CTM, including carrying out holistic assessments, undertaking Leg ulcer assessments, doppler assessments, initiating Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (VAC), compression bandaging, post surgical wound care, and both acute and chronic wound care.

As a service we are eager to provide effective patient care by following new evidence based practice within our assessment and treatment process and aid in research recruitment of patients, when and where required.

The applicant must be a Registered Nurse with NMC Registration, be confident and competent in a wide range of clinical skills and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.

There is a requirement for a flexible approach to the workload due to the set up of a clinical, appointment based environment. The ability to drive with a UK full driving license and business car insurance is required as travel between clinic sites is required in a timely manner.

This particular role will mainly be required to cover the following three clinics within the service, Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, Dewi Sant and Pencoed, with support for all clinic sites as demand requires. however in exceptional circumstances you may be required to work in wound clinics within other clinical sites.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We Live By Our Core Values

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team
  
  

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organization but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person specification

Education and training

• UK NMC Registration
• Nurse Prescriber
• Wound Care Course Achievement - University level 6/7
  
  

Experience

• Experience of community/primary care setting
• Wound Care Experience
• Experience of working within a range of clinical settings
  
  

Knowledge and understanding

• Working knowledge of multidisciplinary team working
• Knowledge of wound care and treatment
• Wound Care Competency sign off
• Agored Cymru Wound care/lymphoedema competency
  
  

Skills And Abilities

• Excellent communication skills
• Teaching skills
  
  

Personal qualities

• The applicant must be, motivated and possesses a non-judgemental attitude towards others.
• Able to travel between multiple sites in a timely manner
• Works well as part of a team
  
  

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or , unless you have p Skilled Worker visaermission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting . If you are eligible for the HealthWork in the UKand Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable