About this role
Job summary
Are you looking for a rewarding role where no two days are the same? Join our innovative, nurse-led Burns Outreach and Outpatient Team, delivering specialist burns care across the London and South East Burns Network, serving a population of almost 10 million people.
This unique role offers the opportunity to care for patients throughout every stage of their recovery journey, working across outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, patients' homes and our pioneering Burns Outreach Bus.
Working within a highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, you will develop specialist burns nursing expertise while enjoying a varied role that combines acute, outpatient and community practice. The position offers a high degree of autonomy, excellent professional development opportunities and the chance to make a lasting difference to patients and families.
We are looking for compassionate, motivated nurses who are passionate about delivering exceptional patient-centred care and embracing innovative ways of working. The service predominantly operates Monday to Friday, providing an excellent work-life balance, with only occasional later clinics and participation in a Saturday rota.
If you are ready to develop specialist skills, work within a forward-thinking service and help transform burns care across the region, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Deliver specialist burns care across a variety of settings, including outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, patients' homes and the Burns Outreach Bus.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised care programmes for patients recovering from burn injuries, ensuring high-quality patient-centred care.
Provide expert wound care, dressing management, scar management and rehabilitation support to optimise recovery and long-term outcomes.
Support patients and their families throughout the recovery journey by providing education, advice, emotional support and health promotion.
Work collaboratively within a specialist multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based burns care.
Travel across the London and South East Burns Network to provide specialist outreach services and improve access to care closer to patients' homes.
Contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit and innovation initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and the delivery of burns services.
Develop and maintain advanced specialist burns nursing knowledge and skills, participating in ongoing professional development within a dynamic and evolving clinical environment.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration Degree/Diploma level qualification in Nursing or equivalent registration qualification
Desirable
Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor qualification Burns or wound care related training
Driving Essential
Have a driving license valid in the UK Has a car in the UK willing to use for business use Willing to drive the Burns Outreach Bus
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Experience of working within an acute healthcare setting Knowledge of wound care and wound healing
Desirable
Burns nursing experience Plastic surgery experience Community nursing experience
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)