The Wound Care and SSI Nurse is a specialist role that provides support in managing the wounds of cardiothoracic patients, patients requiring specialist respiratory support and specialist cardiology care.

The role encompasses supporting surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance. The SSI role involves supporting a small SSI team who through surveillance, report back on rates of wound infection in cardiac surgery patients, analyse data for trends and be involved in coordinating a response to any observed rise in infection rates in excess of national benchmarks.

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

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with our team to evaluate the current evidence base, support practice development in the sphere of wound care and support delivery of the team's education strategy. Provide wound care education to internal and external staff

There is the opportunity to support primary research projects in the area of wound care.

The post holder will 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 which currently feeds findings back to local and national reporting bodies.

SSI surveillance and report production

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• NMC
• Short course wound assessment attendance

Desirable

• Degree
• Post graduate wound care study

Experience

Essential

• Cardiothoracic wound care experience.
• Audit /research surveillance experience
• IT skills - Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Experience in teaching
• Cardiothoracic Wound Care Tissue Viability knowledge
• Acts on own initiative when delivering patient/client care, supervision accessible.
• Pressure ulcer prevention and management skills.
• 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.
• To have excellent written and verbal communication skills, using tact, discretion and sensitivity.
• Demonstrate good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work as necessary.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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