About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated Band 6 Plastic Specialist Dressings Nurse to join the Plastics team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an individual with strong interpersonal and communication skills who can contribute to a supportive, forward-thinking nursing culture. The ideal candidate will embrace innovation, promote high standards of care, and reflect the Trust's values and strategic vision.
In this role, you will lead day-to-day operations within our nurse-led plastic dressing clinics, support consultant-led outpatient services. You will work closely with the Plastic Surgeons and Plastic Surgery Lead Clinical Nurse, supporting and deputising as needed to ensure excellent patient care and the effective management of resources.
The post also includes reviewing inpatients undergoing plastic surgery across the Trust and offering remote advice to patients and healthcare teams in other settings. You will play an active role in the education and training of staff involved in the care of plastic surgery patients.
If you are passionate about point-of-care delivery and specialised plastics nursing, we would love to hear from you.
Previous candidates need not apply again.
Main duties of the job
Work full-time across both Calderdale and Huddersfield hospital sites, delivering specialist care within outpatient settings, Monday to Friday. Provide nurse led clinics, steroid injection clinics and minor op clinics alongside consultants and surgical plastic clinical lead nurse. Responsible for managing nurse led minor skin cancer surgery.Take overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Plastic Dressing Clinics, ensuring service continuity, leading development, and implementing changes as required. Manage an independent caseload of post-operative plastic surgery patients, undertaking assessment, treatment planning, wound management, advice, and ongoing monitoring through to discharge. This may occasionally include home visits. Participate in patient education, promoting holistic care and supporting individuals to understand and engage with their treatment plans. Advocate for patients by clearly representing their views, promoting their interests, and ensuring their dignity is always upheld. Maintaining an awareness of national and regional initiatives. Maintain consistently high standards of care and take prompt action where these standards are not met. Work both autonomously and collaboratively as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. Adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and all Trust policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines relevant to the role
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job description Job responsibilities
Work fulltime across both Calderdale and Huddersfield hospital sites, delivering specialist care within outpatient settings, Monday to Friday. Provide nurse led clinics, steroid injection clinics and minor op clinics alongside consultants and surgical plastic clinical lead nurse. Responsible for managing nurse led minor skin cancer surgery.Take overall responsibility for the daytoday running of the Plastic Dressing Clinics, ensuring service continuity, leading development, and implementing changes as required. Manage an independent caseload of postoperative plastic surgery patients, undertaking assessment, treatment planning, wound management, advice, and ongoing monitoring through to discharge. This may occasionally include home visits. Participate in patient education, promoting holistic care and supporting individuals to understand and engage with their treatment plans. Advocate for patients by clearly representing their views, promoting their interests, and ensuring their dignity is always upheld. Maintaining an awareness of national and regional initiatives. Maintain consistently high standards of care and take prompt action where these standards are not met. Work both autonomously and collaboratively as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. Adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and all Trust policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines relevant to the role.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING Essential
Registered Nurse Post registration experience/qualification relevant to the specialism or willing to work toward Non - Medical prescriber or willingness to undertake
Desirable
Teaching Qualification
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE Essential
Evidence of self-development Experience of working in Plastics
Desirable
Experience of working in Outpatient nursing Experience of using EPR
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES) Essential
Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills Ability to foster multi - disciplinary working Works within budgetary parameters Experience of change management
Desirable
Experience of lone working
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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust
Salterhebble
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust
HD3 3EA
Employer's website https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)