Wound Care Practitioner

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there's never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Wound Care Practitioner to join our professional team in Folkestone.

We're a close team but we're never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.

This role is part of the community nursing team, to provide high quality, specialist care to housebound patients with complex wounds in an outpatient clinic setting. This service additionally provides advice andsupport to the Community Nursing Teams as required as a source of expertise in managing complex wounds. As a Wound Care Practitioner, you will have responsibilities of caseload management, the day to day running of the clinic and responsibility for the quality of care provided., The Wound Care Practitioner is responsible for the running of the day-to-day Wound Clinics and ensure close collaborative working relationships with Primary Care Networks, Community Nursing Teams and other members of the MDT, providing shared care to meet the health and social care needs of the local population. In the absence of the Clinical Lead, the Wound Care Practitioner would be expected to act as the lead professional and support the team ensuring to escalate where needed using the appropriate process., The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent