About this role
Job summary
The Yorkshire Regional Burn Centre at Pinderfields Hospital provides specialist care for patients who have sustained thermal injuries or skin loss disorders. As a regional centre of excellence and part of the Northern Burn Care Operational Delivery Network, we receive referrals from across Yorkshire, the Humber and North Lincolnshire, serving a geographical catchment population of approximately 5 million people. As the regional adult burn centre, we provide care for patients with the most severe burn injuries, as well as those with less complex burn and skin loss conditions requiring specialist assessment and treatment.
Our adult burn service includes a 7-bedded inpatient unit, with 2 dedicated intensive care beds for the management of critically ill patients, a busy seven-day ambulatory care unit, and a regional outreach service supporting patients closer to home. Together, these services enable us to deliver specialist burn care throughout every stage of the patient journey, from emergency treatment and critical care through to rehabilitation and long-term follow-up.
Due to internal promotion, we have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and compassionate Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our dedicated team. This role offers the opportunity to work across both the inpatient unit and ambulatory care service, providing high-quality, specialist care to patients with burns and complex skin loss conditions.
Main duties of the job
Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to patients with burn injuries and complex skin loss conditions across inpatient and ambulatory care settings. Undertake complex and often lengthy burn dressing changes using specialist techniques, ensuring effective pain management, infection prevention and patient comfort throughout treatment.Manage burn wound care throughout the patient's treatment journey, monitoring wound healing, recognising complications and escalating concerns appropriately.Run nurse-led clinics within the Ambulatory Care Unit, providing ongoing wound management, education and follow-up care, and contributing to discharge planning.Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate and deliver holistic, patient-centred care in accordance with the British Burn Association National Standards (2023)Provide compassionate psychological support to patients and their families, recognising the physical and emotional impact of burn injuries and facilitating access to specialist support services where required.Safeguard adults and young people by recognising, responding to and escalating safeguarding concerns in line with Trust policies and national guidance.Support patients and relatives throughout rehabilitation and reintegration, promoting independence, recovery and self-management.Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, clinical audit and implementation of evidence-based practice.
About us We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description Job responsibilities
Qualifications
Registered Nurse with the NMC or on an NMC approved BSc/MSc nursing programme due to register with the NMC within 12 months.
Experience
Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree or equivalent
Knowledge and Awareness
Up to date knowledge of current nursing issues, research and practice.
Skills and Awareness
Ability to plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care. Prioritise tasks. Develop and maintain positive working relationships. Delegate and co-ordinate person centred patient care effectively. Work effectively as part of a Multidisciplinary Team. Supervise junior staff and learners in practice. An ability to perform clinical skills with dexterity for example: insertion and removal of peripheral cannulation, venepuncture and catheters. Administer medications using a range of routes IT skills which can be built upon to incorporate the use of hospital administration, information and training systems.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to review the full requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Pinderfields Hospital
Aberford Road
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)