Job Description
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.Job overviewFixed Term - 6 months - 21.50 hoursThis is an exciting opportunity to join the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Treatment Room service in the Greater Preston and Chorley South Ribble areas. If you are able to work autonomously, you are motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic then come and join our team of dedicated treatment room nurses.The Treatment Room service currently operates from Monday to Friday excluding weekends and bank holidays.
We are an appointment only service between the hours of 08.30 and 16.30 however we do hold 2 late evening clinics (up to 8pm) and one early clinic (8am start) once a week. Applicants must be willing to work flexibly over 5 days, be able to work well within a team and on their own initiative.You will be committed, compassionate and have a patient-centered approach with the patient at the heart of everything you do.You will have the ability to work flexibly over 5 days and to work well within a team and on your own initiative.You will have experience in treating patients through wound care, injections and related treatment room procedures is desirable.Main duties of the jobResponsibilities:Provide a high standard of clinical and nursing care within the treatment room setting, including nurse-led services.Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care; undertake extended roles appropriate to treatment room services.Provide care for patients with acute and chronic wounds, perform post-operative wound assessment, remove sutures and clips, administer intra-muscular injections, perform lower limb assessments, compression bandaging and ear irrigation.Participate in a range of clinical and service audits within treatment room and comply with all policies and protocols relating to treatment room.Assist in delivering objectives set out within the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust business plan.For more information about the role or an informal chat/visit please contact us using the details provided.Working for our organisationLSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria- 1st Level Registered Adult/General Nurse- Current professional registration- NMC- Evidence of continuous professional developmentKnowledgeEssential criteria- Commitment to engage in continuing professional development to meet the needs of the service- Wound management and leg ulcer management knowledge and experience- Ability to manage time effectivelyExperienceEssential criteria- Evidence of continuing development in relevant area- Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate careYou are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received.
If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document. If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this.
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