Job overview

Develop your specialist wound care career with us!

Are you a registered nurse with a passion for wound care and a desire to develop your specialist skills?

Join our Wound Care Service as a Band 5 Developmental Wound Care Nurse, where you will be supported and mentored by experienced Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses to develop your knowledge, skills and confidence in managing complex wounds and work your way towards become a Band 6 Nurse!

You will gain experience across lower limb, Doppler and toe pressure assessments, pressure ulcer prevention, negative pressure wound therapy and complex wound management, working across community settings including patients’ homes, clinics, GP practices and care homes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your specialist practice within a supportive team and build a strong foundation for a career in tissue viability.

Development into a band 6 tissue viability specialist nurse will be discussed on completion and competence of all clinical competencies. Development into a band 6 tissue viability specialist nurse includes developing skills in remote clinical triage, and providing advice, guidance and education through teaching and inreach within community nursing teams. Both job descriptions have been attached. Development into this post is likely to take up to 12 months. 

Please contact Bethany Head (07900264402) if you’d like to discuss this post further.  

Main duties of the job

PLEASE NOTE: Please see the bottom of this advert to find both the Band 5 and Band 6 job descriptions attached. 

The post holder will provide assessment, treatment planning and advice for patients who have been referred into the Wound Care Service, with the support and guidance of the specialist nurses within the team. They will be working in a variety of community settings including patients’ homes, clinics, GP practices, nursing and residential homes to support the delivery of excellent wound care across the Sirona care and health population. Patient visits may be undertaken alone or jointly with the nurses providing the patient’s wound care. 

The post requires a registered nurse with experience in community nursing, a passion for wound care, sound knowledge and skills set in lower limb management, wound care and pressure ulcer prevention. Current competence in doppler and lower limb assessment is advantageous. 

Assessments will include lower limb and vascular assessment (dopplers and toe pressures), pressure ulcer and equipment assessments, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT/ VAC), general wound assessments.

The Wound Care Service covers Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG), therefore there is a requirement to travel across all of this area. 

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.