Job Summary
This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join the Complex Wound Team. We are offering 30 hours per week, working within our Complex wound Clinics across the North Lincolnshire area.

The post holder will support the delivery of safe and effective patient services by facilitating the provision of the most recent clinically effect researched based, cost-effective tissue viability/chronic wound advice to trust staff and primary care for complex cases.

A key aspect of the role will be monitoring the effectiveness of tissues viability/chronic wound interventions, provide specialist advise of best practice relating to all aspects of tissue Viability in line with both local and national guidance to al staff, patients, and carers.

To identify training needs and provide training in chronic wound management.

To maintain close links with relevant services in primary and secondary care settings to ensure clients receive a seamless service.

A collaborative approach is essential working within the multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive patient focused care.

The post holder should demonstrate an awareness of local and national nursing agendas.

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide expert advisory and consultative services to health care professionals across community and primary care and secondary care settings.
• Provide support, supervision and education to clients, carer's and relatives with specialist care needs.
• Provide support and guidance within the interdisciplinary team to effect the modernisation of specialist care services.
• Have responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the implementation and evaluation of client care for a specific caseload.
• Facilitate a pathway of care between primary and secondary care settings by developing strong links with secondary and primary care to provide a seamless service for people with specialist needs.
• Participate in teaching and developing all other interdisciplinary staff and statutory, voluntary agencies about tissue viability using a variety of effective and comprehensive methods.

About Us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job Responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at Apply through our website.

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We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of Post Registration Development

Desirable

• Degree in Nursing
• Qualified mentor or working towards
• Professional development in areas that will enhance community nursing

Occupational experience and abilities
Essential

• Ability to work and make decisions autonomously.
• Organisational skills with the ability to manage day to day workload effectively.

Desirable

• Previous Community Nursing experience
• Knowledge of system One

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Broad range of clinical skills/knowledge
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills.
• Car owner/driver

Desirable

• Political awareness in relation to health/nursing policies and developments.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).