Community Clinic Nurse

Welcome to Lowestoft Primary Care Home (PCH) team.

Are you a Registered Nurse (Adult) with a passion for wound healing and leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment? Do you want to progress your nursing career with a supportive and encouraging team, delivering person centered care in a clinic and occasionally home setting? Utilising health coaching to support patient involvement in shared decision making.

Do you like the idea of forming longer term therapeutic relationships with patients and their families?

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the relevant qualifications, clinical skills and professional registration required for this role, along with the confidence and sound judgement to make independent clinical decisions.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. All applicants will be assessed fairly on merit against the requirements of the post.

Any offer of employment will be subject to standard pre-employment checks, including verification of the right to work in the UK.

The wider PCH is a multidisciplinary team delivering health care to people in the coastal town of Lowestoft. The leg ulcer clinic is a valuable asset within the PCH delivering specialised leg ulcer care to patients who are not housebound.

The clinic operates Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30 excluding bank holidays.

This post is offered up to 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

As a Leg clinic nurse you will be providing an excellent standard of person centered care to adults with a lower leg wound in a clinic setting and occasionally their own home.

You will participate in the planning and efficient running of the leg ulcer clinic at Kirkley mill and may on occasion work from other clinic sites.

This role includes triage of incoming referrals, determining clinical priority, completing holistic patient assessment, specific wound assessments including recording dopplers, diagnosis and treatment plan, for patients referred to the service. Supporting patients to self care using health coaching.

You will be supported to complete the leg ulcer management course delivered in partnership with Accelerate CIC, and a health coaching qualification. You will be encouraged to continue your own professional development and contribute to service improvement. You will be part of the PCH support for students; those on an apprenticeship route and newly qualified nurses. Once experienced you will be a knowledgeable resource on leg ulceration to the wider PCH; other ECCH clinicians; primary care and other partners.

For further information or an informal visit please email the Lead Nurse Lucinda.Giles@ecchcic.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council. (NMC) Registered Nurse Level (Adult)BSc in Nursing practice or equivalent

Desirable

• Leg Ulcer Management Module at Degree level

Experience

Essential

• The ability to work unsupervised.Evidence of continuous professional developmentThe ability to demonstrate a comprehensive level of clinical knowledge and competence within the clinical sphere of practiceEvidence of experience in working to a case management approach

Desirable

• MentoringExperience of working in a community setting

Additional Criteria

Essential

• SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
• Excellent interpersonal skillsExcellent verbal and written skillsAbility to engage with patients to develop effective treatment plansAbility to positively support and educate staff, patients and their carersAbility to perform a holistic assessment using clinical judgementCompetent in application of compression bandaging as part of a treatment package to manage lower leg ulcerationCompetence in Health Coaching, supporting patients to change health behaviours and beliefsThe ability to perform and interpret Doppler readings as part of a holistic assessment or be willing to learn
• PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Flexible, team-orientated approach to workSolution and results focusedAbility to organise and manage a delegated caseload effectivelyAbility to travel independently throughout the locality in accordance with role requirementsAbility to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:(Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together)

About the employer

ECCH is a well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

Lowestoft Primary Care Home is a multidisciplinary clinical team of health and social care professionals working in partnership with Primary Care, Social Services, social care providers, other specialist community health teams and voluntary sector providers to ensure patients are able to remain in their own homes whenever possible.