Registered 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 onexperience

Accountable to: Lead Wound Care Nurse

Reports to: Clinical Manager forLancashire Place Based Care

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

About us

The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health andwellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure thatpatients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled withexcellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremelyeffective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the abilityto strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.

Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we havea core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of ourpatients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the servicedelivery and user experience due to their considerable experience andcommitment to what they do.

Come and be a part of our amazing team!

We offer NHS Pension

Cycle to Work Scheme

Attendance Bonus

Free Tea & Coffee

Eye Care Contributions

Job responsibilities

DUTIESAND RESPONSIBILITIES

Endeavour to maintaingood standards of communication both in written and oral form.

Assess a wound andmake appropriate dressing selection for the desired plan of care within localformulary and national guidelines.

Prescribe safely within the prescribingcompetency framework and undertake prescribing audits relevant to service(relevant to Non-Medical Prescribers)

To assess patientsautonomously whilst remaining within scope of practice

Work within formally agreed arrangementswhere general practices provide specialised or extended clinical services (LES:Local Enhanced Services)

Show awareness ofevidence-based practice in wound care

Improveaccess to wound care services

Provideshort-term care of acute wounds Provide continuity of care and a consistentapproach

Providea comprehensive wound care management service Standardise adherence to the ICBs/ Lancashire and South Cumbria wound care formulary working towards achievingan 80% compliance rate

Improveskills and knowledge of the workforce leading to a higher standard of care

Enhancepatient outcomes and reduce secondary care activity

Participate inpromoting and implementing services to new sites when required by the ICB forthe expansion of the service

Make entries onpatient records to record clinical interventions

Make entries in theclinical notes using the service areas computer programme ADASTRA

Complete associateddocuments to accompany specimens using Cyberlab where available and labelspecimens

Work well within asmall team

Be flexible withworking pattern across the current locations to assist with teams Annual leave/ sickness to ensure the service is covered at all times

Communicate withpatients and carers in a polite and pleasant manner

Receive and deliverpatient related information to and from other departments via the telephone/emails

Conduct/partake in relevant audits to improveservice provision

To ensure mandatorytraining is up to date

To be aware of anysafeguarding issues and refer to local social services as appropriate.Staff should be trained to level 3 safeguarding through mandatorytraining

To keep self-updatedon practice through educational events and guidelines both local and national

Acknowledge andaccommodate barriers to communication and understanding including speech,hearing, language, and emotion

May be required toencourage patients to comply with programmes of care

Initiate emergencyaction when required

Inform the ClinicalManager of any untoward incidents and work safelyunder the clinical governance framework

Dispose of clinicalwaste in a safe manner

Contribute toinfection control measures by adhering to infection control policies/procedures

The above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended tobe fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changingcircumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.

Our key expectations are:

Self-awarenessLiving authentically

Adaptability-Being ready to adjust depending on the situation

OpennessWhat you see is what you get

Positivitywith a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible

Generosityof spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness

Abilityto have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Our Why:To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruptionso this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation,and the next.

Values:Our organisational culture is very importantto us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathescomplimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with ourvalues which form part of our Company DNA:

Fun: People rarely succeed unless they arehaving fun. Happiness is healthy!

Awesome: We arent here to be average, werehere to be awesome!

Humble: Were here to make a difference to thelives of others, NOT to see how important we can become

Brave: We challenge the norm. We have thecourage to get the difficult jobs done

Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious!

Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needsand respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity

Educationand In Service Training

Be fully conversantin all the clinical computer systems used within the Wound Care Service

Attend relevantstudy/induction days, seminars, courses, self-development etc. for individualdevelopment and for the benefit of the service. Keepup to date with mandatory training.

Where necessary relevant training in the operation of new orunfamiliar equipment, software or procedures will be provided or arranged.

Confidentiality

In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidentialinformation about patients, staff or health service business. On noaccount must such information be divulged to anyone who is not

authorised to receive it. Confidentiality of informationmust be always preserved whether at or away from work. FCMS has in placea Whistle blowers Policy for staff wishing to express concerns.

Data Protection Act, 1998

Carryout any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act,1998.

Health and Safety At Work Act,1974

Observeall responsibilities and carry out all duties, whether general to all employeesor specific to the post, relating to Health and Safety in accordance with thePractice and Departmental Safety Policies and any statutory requirements.

Clinical& Corporate Governance/Quality Assurance

Allemployees are expected to comply with the clinical and corporate governancearrangements of FCMS. Every employee is personally responsible for the qualityof the work, and standard of care, which they individually provide. It istheir duty to seek to attain the highest standards achievable both individuallyand collectively within their knowledge, skills and resources available tothem.

Ifyou have other work or outside interests, this must not conflict with yourduties and responsibilities of your attendance for work as an employee of thePractice.

Itis a condition of appointment that you must inform your manager before takingup of any private practice, work for outside agencies or other employers, otherwork for this Practice (including bank

work),voluntary work or outside interests you have or propose to have. This isto ensure there is no question of it creating a conflict of interest withyour NHS duties. You must also therefore seek your manager's approvalbefore taking on any such other work or outside interest at any time afterentering employment.

WorkingTime Directive

Youare required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to anylocally agreed associated arrangements.

Harassmentand Bullying

ThePractice condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seekingto promote a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect andwithout bias.

Inall the foregoing text any reference to one gender whether direct or impliedequally includes the opposite gender unless specifically stated to beotherwise.

FireTraining

Eachmember of the staff has a statutory obligation to attend a Fire Lecture eachyear. It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure thatThey comply with this legal requirement.

FCMShas a no smoking policy

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, weguarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteriafor 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 asCRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require threeforms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is alosubject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references andeligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevantdocumentation as evidence).

*Please note that our roles are not being considered forsponsorship at this time*

Person Specification

Communication

• Excellence oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to handle difficult situations
• Previous experience using Adastra/SharePoint/Word/Excel

Experience

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

Qualifications

• Have an active NMC registration
• Good standards of general education
• Experience in wound care
• Completed the wound care alliance training

Teamwork

• 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.