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The closing date is 08 October 2025

This is a specialist role where you will develop expertise and provide education in managing the wounds of cardiothoracic patients, patients requiring specialist respiratory support and specialist cardiology care.

The role encompasses supporting surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance. The SSI role involves supporting a small SSI team who through surveillance, report back on rates of wound infection in cardiac surgery patients, analyse data for trends and be involved in coordinating a response to any observed rise in infection rates in excess of national bench marks.

The education role is a key aspect of the role profile. You will work closely with our team to evaluate the current evidence, support practice development in the sphere of wound care and support delivery of the team's education strategy.

There is the opportunity to support primary research projects in the area of wound care.

The post holder will work autonomously under the direction of the Nurse Consultant for Wound Care Tissue Viability to deliver a consistent approach to managing complex wounds and continue to develop the SSI surveillance service which currently feeds findings back to local and national reporting bodies.

The role offers the opportunity to influence the development of our services and standard of care we give to our patients. The hospital is an enthusiastic supporter of activity that leads to enhancing the patient experience through clinical role modelling, audit and primary research.

• SSI surveillance and report production
• Management of complex wound
• Provision of wound care education to internal and external staff

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK\'s leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK\'s first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

• Professional adult nursing qualification and clinical knowledge acquired through training to diploma or degree level
• Evidence of post graduate training/development/experience in leadership and/or management. OR specialist knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge or relevant practical experience.
• Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council.

• To act as a senior support to care for complex patients with their potentially unpredictable care/treatment needs.
• To use clinical knowledge/expertise, provide a high standard of skilled care to patients based on a full assessment of individual needs in co-operation with the multi-disciplinary team.
• To be able to prioritise care based upon patient/service need in a busy clinical environment however work pattern is mainly predictable in nature.
• To use a range of judgement and assessment skills in planning, delivering and evaluating specialist patient care plans whilst communicating with patients, families and the multi-disciplinary team.
• In collaboration with patients, family and the multi-disciplinary team, to devise, implement and evaluate complex care plans based on the initial patient assessment process, with realistic nursing goals and participate in discharge planning.
• To be able to undertake complex nursing interventions for example: complex wound assessment and management as part of holistic patient care.
• To be able to undertake frequent moving and handling tasks relating to patient care utilising mechanical aids with some tasks requiring moderate effort.
• The post holder will have frequent exposure to bodily fluids (including as a result of surgical / medical intervention and in the delivery of activities of daily living) and will have occasional exposure to difficult or emotional circumstances.
• To be able to effectively communicate complex, confidential, and/or sensitive condition related information through a range of interpersonal skills to patients, colleagues, and families (such as providing educational support, complex discharge planning).
• To deliver Trust-wide communication and education on wound management initiatives.
• To present at internal and external forums and the absence of senior colleagues.
• To manage own patient workload in terms of prioritisation of needs escalating as required supporting team members with their own escalation needs.
• To act independently within NMC code of conduct and Trust policies and procedures and knowing when to appropriately escalate.
• To understand the process of escalation within the Trust ensuring this is done promptly to ensure patient and staff safety and recognising and raising any safeguarding concerns.
• To act in a professional manner and as a role model to other staff members, providing clinical supervision of junior staff as well as patients and their families.
• To be responsible for day-to-day clinical supervision of staff within the team.
• In the absence of senior colleagues, the post holder will deputise and will line manage junior staff in the department overseeing safe staffing and a safe working environment.
• In the absence of senior colleagues to deliver patient care through appropriate delegation, responding to changes in needs and/or environment. This will include supporting staff rota management, complex discharge planning involving coordination with other agencies and professionals.
• To devise and implement as well as participate in specialist education programmes.
• To deliver Trust-wide wound management education/information/initiatives with support of senior colleagues.
• To propose and implement policies and changes to clinical working practices for own area.
• To lead on investigations and root cause analysis of deep and organ space surgical site infections.
• To share learning from incidents and feedback.
• To participate in research and audits as part of a team.
• To survey patients who have had surgery and identify any surgical site infections and upload findings to local and national databases in accordance with local processes and under supervision of senior staff in the department.
• To maintain accurate electronic and/or manual clinical, patient and other records, as appropriate, ensuring that all documentation adheres to the Trust\'s standards.

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust\'s values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

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.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust