Registered Nurse - Burns Outpatient and Outreach

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.

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.

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