Community Staff Nurse; Treatment Room

Overview

We are currently looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated qualified nurses to join the Treatment Room Nursing Team to cover all areas within the Wigan, Ashton and Leigh locality. Community experience desired but not essential as full training will be given. We offer an excellent preceptorship programme supported by our education department. We also promote and support professional development with many training opportunities available.

The post is community based and post holders must be able to attend multiple appointments punctually every day whilst transporting all required equipment. Appropriate vehicle insurance will be required. Travel across Trust locations is required.

• Full time hours position (37.5 hours) working across a 7 day week.
• Active/pending NMC registration is required for this post.

• Advert will close once sufficient quality applications are received.
• To work within all of the standard operational policies and health and safety procedures of the department in accordance with Trust standards and policies.
• To work within Infection Control policies and procedures, following strict hand hygiene in all areas at all times.
• Communicate effectively at all times with patients, relatives and carers to give and receive complex or sensitive information and instructions in an understandable form. This involves the use of persuasive, motivational and empathic skills whilst being sensitive to an individual s complex barriers to communication e.g. deaf and non-speaking individuals, those with learning disabilities, visual difficulties, cultural differences, pain, fear, altered perception, emotional and psychological problems, expressive and receptive dysphagia and behavioural problems.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Liaise and communication with Pathology departmental staff, GPs, medical colleagues and ward staff, and maintain good relationships with all disciplines.
• Adhere to Trust policies and procedures.
• Comply with mandatory training requirements.
• Health & Safety: comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974; proactively manage risk, conduct risk assessments, report incidents/near misses/hazards, and maintain personal safety and that of others.
• Teaching: teach and assess students as required; teach patients and carers.

• Annual practice: to work independently within the Treatment Room service by undertaking responsibility for clinic patients in a designated treatment room; ideally have extensive district nursing experience as the role involves lone working.
• You will have a variety of clinical skills and be able to demonstrate continued professional development.
• You will have highly developed communication and personal skills; able to work alone but be a team player.
• If you are adaptable, self motivated and able to respond to challenges please apply.
• Enhanced DBS with Adults  Barred List check will be obtained during pre-employment checks.
• Based in the Community division so you will need to be able to travel independently across Ashton, Wigan and Leigh.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that  happy staff, makes for happy patients . WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity.

With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.