Wound Care Specialist

4 weeks ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Title: Wound Care Specialist

The Wound Care Specialist will play a crucial role in managing the wounds of cardiothoracic patients, patients requiring specialist respiratory support, and patients requiring specialist cardiology care. This specialist role will provide support in managing wounds, supporting surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance, and coordinating a response to any observed rise in infection rates in excess of national benchmarks.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Evaluate the current evidence base and support practice development in the sphere of wound care.
  • Support delivery of the team's education strategy and provide wound care education to internal and external staff.
  • Support primary research projects in the area of wound care.
  • Work under the direction of the Nurse Consultant for Wound Care and the lead SSI nurse to deliver a consistent approach to managing complex wounds, pressure ulcer care, and continue to develop the SSI surveillance service.
Person Specification:
  • Registered General Nurse.
  • NMC.
  • Short course wound assessment attendance.

Essential: Cardiothoracic wound care experience, audit/research surveillance experience, IT skills - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, experience in teaching, cardiothoracic Wound Care Tissue Viability knowledge, ability to plan, organise and coordinate work under pressure, ability to prioritise patients' needs for care, work independently within defined policies and procedures and manage own workload.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an enthusiastic supporter of activity that leads to enhancing the patient experience through clinical role modelling, audit, and primary research. The hospital offers the opportunity to influence the development of our services and standard of care we give to our patients.


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