Care Homes Quality Nurse in Fleetwood

We are looking for a Registered Nurse (Wound Care) to join our Wound Care Service. The service is spread across clinics in Fleetwood, Freckleton and St Annes.
Pay:£15.88 - £19.33 per hour depending on experience
Hours:22.5 hours per week permanent post
Accountable to: Lead Wound Care Nurse
Reports to: Clinical Manager for Lancashire Place Based Care
Patient education including nutrition in relation to wound healing and scar management
There is an expectation to refer to the wider community team if required, support Senior clinicians and HCAs and attend meetings when required. The post holder will help promote the service and implement change as requested from the ICB.
Those patients who are: Not registered with a GP in Fylde and Wyre CCG (i.e., reside outside area) House bound Undergoing or requiring Vac Therapy patients Undergoing or requiring Larvae Therapy Doppler patients
The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.
Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do.
We offer NHS Pension
Cycle to Work Scheme
Career Development Opportunities
Attendance Bonus
Free Tea & Coffee
Eye Care Contributions
Assess a wound and make appropriate dressing selection for the desired plan of care within local formulary and national guidelines.
Prescribe safely within the prescribing competency framework and undertake prescribing audits relevant to service (relevant to Non-Medical Prescribers)
Work within formally agreed arrangements where general practices provide specialised or extended clinical services (LES: Local Enhanced Services)
Show awareness of evidence-based practice in wound care
Improve access to wound care services
Provide short-term care of acute wounds Provide continuity of care and a consistent approach
Provide a comprehensive wound care management service Standardise adherence to the ICBs / Lancashire and South Cumbria wound care formulary working towards achieving an 80% compliance rate
Improve skills and knowledge of the workforce leading to a higher standard of care
Enhance patient outcomes and reduce secondary care activity
Make entries in the clinical notes using the service areas computer programme ADASTRA
Be flexible with working pattern across the current locations to assist with teams Annual leave / sickness to ensure the service is covered at all times
Receive and deliver patient related information to and from other departments via the telephone/ emails
To ensure mandatory training is up to date
To be aware of any safeguarding issues and refer to local social services as appropriate. Staff should be trained to level 3 safeguarding through mandatory training
To keep self-updated on practice through educational events and guidelines both local and national
Acknowledge and accommodate barriers to communication and understanding including speech, hearing, language, and emotion
May be required to encourage patients to comply with programmes of care
Dispose of clinical waste in a safe manner
Contribute to infection control measures by adhering to infection control policies/procedures
The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.
Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.
Education and In Service Training
Be fully conversant in all the clinical computer systems used within the Wound Care Service
Attend relevant study/induction days, seminars, courses, self-development etc. Keep up to date with mandatory training.
Where necessary relevant training in the operation of new or unfamiliar equipment, software or procedures will be provided or arranged.
In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential information about patients, staff or health service business. On no account must such information be divulged to anyone who is not
FCMS has in place a Whistle blowers Policy for staff wishing to express concerns.
Data Protection Act, 1998
Carry out any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Health and Safety At Work Act, 1974
Observe all responsibilities and carry out all duties, whether general to all employees or specific to the post, relating to Health and Safety in accordance with the Practice and Departmental Safety Policies and any statutory requirements.
Clinical & Corporate Governance/Quality Assurance
Every employee is personally responsible for the quality of the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide. It is a condition of appointment that you must inform your manager before taking up of any private practice, work for outside agencies or other employers, other work for this Practice (including bank
Fire Training
Each member of the staff has a statutory obligation to attend a Fire Lecture each year. It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure that they comply with this legal requirement.
No Smoking Policy
FCMS has a no smoking policy
Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy
DBS- This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption 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. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).
* Previous experience using Adastra/SharePoint/Word/Excel

Have an understanding and awareness of CQC compliance and the essential standards of quality and safety
Health promotion experience
Wound care knowledge and local dressing regimes/ knowledge of national and local formulary/NICE guidance
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the current issues affecting urgent and emergency care services
Have an active NMC registration
Experience in wound care
Completed the wound care alliance training
Non-medical prescribing qualification
Flexible to the need of the service
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.