Registered Nurse in London

Welcome to FCMS! 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

CLOSING DATE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2026

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will undertake wound assessments and treatment for patients with simple wounds.
• Patients who will be referred to this service will be the following types:
• Post operative including suture and staple removal
• Post trauma skin tears, self-harm
• Acute wounds that require follow up
• Cavity Wounds
• Burns/scalds that require follow up
• 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Endeavour to maintain good standards of communication both in written and oral form.
• 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).
• To assess patients autonomously whilst remaining within scope of practice.
• 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.
• Improve cost effective treatments.
• Enhance patient outcomes and reduce secondary care activity.
• Participate in promoting and implementing services to new sites when required by the ICB for the expansion of the service.
• Make entries on patient records to record clinical interventions.
• Make entries in the clinical notes using the service areas computer programme ADASTRA.
• Complete associated documents to accompany specimens using Cyberlab where available and label specimens.
• Work well within a small team.
• 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.
• Communicate with patients and carers in a polite and pleasant manner.
• Receive and deliver patient related information to and from other departments via the telephone/ emails.
• Conduct/partake in relevant audits to improve service provision.
• To ensure mandatory training is up to date.
• To be aware of any safeguarding issues and refer to local social services as appropriate.
• 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.
• Initiate emergency action when required.
• Inform the Clinical Manager of any untoward incidents and work safely under the clinical governance framework.
• 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 key expectations are:

• Self-awareness
• Living authentically
• Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation
• Openness
• Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
• Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness
• Ability to have fun
• Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

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.

Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours.

• Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!
• Awesome: We aren't here to be average, we're here to be awesome!
• Humble: We're here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become.
• Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done.
• Oompf: We have natural oompf! It's infectious!
• Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity.

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. for individual development and for the benefit of the service.
• 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.

Confidentiality: 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 authorised to receive it. Confidentiality of information must be always preserved whether at or away from work.

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: All employees are expected to comply with the clinical and corporate governance arrangements of FCMS. Every employee is personally responsible for the quality of the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide.

Outside Employment/Outside Interests: If you have other work or outside interests, this must not conflict with your duties and responsibilities of your attendance for work as an employee of the Practice.

Working Time Directive: You are required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to any locally agreed associated arrangements.

Harassment and Bullying: The Practice condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seeking to promote a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect and without bias.

Equal Opportunities: In all the foregoing text any reference to one gender whether direct or implied equally includes the opposite gender unless specifically stated to be otherwise.

Fire Training: Each member of the staff has a statutory obligation to attend a Fire Lecture each year.

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.

Person Specification:

Communication Essential: Excellence oral and written communication skills, Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to handle difficult situations.

Experience Essential: Ability to work under pressure in intense conditions and within time constraints, Have an understanding and awareness of CQC compliance and the essential standards of quality and safety, Time management skills and ability to manage own case load, Health promotion experience, Challenges the norm and encourages team members, Committed individual who supports others to develop change, Good organisational and people skills, Committed to their own personal development, Wound care knowledge and local dressing regimes/ knowledge of national and local formulary/NICE guidance.

Desirable: Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the current issues affecting urgent and emergency care services, Knowledge of the lower limb pathway.

Qualifications Essential: Have an active NMC registration, Good standards of general education, Experience in wound care.

Desirable: Mentorship qualification, Completed the wound care alliance training, TVN, LU, Sharp debridement, Non-medical prescribing qualification.

Teamwork Essential: Adaptable to service need and requirements on a day-to-day basis, Flexible to the need of the service, Ability to work as a team.

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.