Community Nurses Wound Tier Service
Northampton, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
Make a difference every day with Team NHFT
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your skills in a specialist community service? We are seeking a Band 5 Community Wound Care Nurse to join our dedicated Community Wound Service, supporting patients with complex and hard‑to‑heal wounds across Northamptonshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an Outstanding CQC-rated Trust, committed to delivering safe, high‑quality and patient-centred care. You’ll work closely with the Tissue Viability Team, senior nurses, and colleagues across our community nursing service to provide expert assessment, evidence‑based interventions and personalised care plans.
About The Role
As a Community Wound Care Nurse, you will:
About You
You will be a caring, confident and enthusiastic practitioner with:
compassion, teamwork, accountability, authenticity, and a positive approach to change.
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.
We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sonia Sunner Job title: Head of Service Community Nursing Pathway Email address: sonia.sunner@nhft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07842 321936
Georgina Ellis
Tissue Viability Lead Nurse
07775 912812 / 0300 027 2289
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your skills in a specialist community service? We are seeking a Band 5 Community Wound Care Nurse to join our dedicated Community Wound Service, supporting patients with complex and hard‑to‑heal wounds across Northamptonshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an Outstanding CQC-rated Trust, committed to delivering safe, high‑quality and patient-centred care. You’ll work closely with the Tissue Viability Team, senior nurses, and colleagues across our community nursing service to provide expert assessment, evidence‑based interventions and personalised care plans.
About The Role
As a Community Wound Care Nurse, you will:
- Deliver complex wound care management including leg ulcer treatment and wound assessment.
- Perform and interpret Doppler assessments to support effective treatment planning.
- Provide wound care in clinic settings, patients' homes and care environments across the county.
- Educate and empower patients, families and carers to promote self-care and better outcomes.
- Maintain accurate, confidential clinical records in line with NMC and Trust standards.
- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective patient care.
- Participate in audits, service improvement and ongoing professional development.
About You
You will be a caring, confident and enthusiastic practitioner with:
- Current NMC registration (Adult Nurse).
- Experience within community nursing and managing hard-to-heal wounds.
- Skills in leg ulcer management and Doppler assessment.
- Understanding of tissue viability principles and wound care best practice.
- Excellent communication, organisational and time‑management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
compassion, teamwork, accountability, authenticity, and a positive approach to change.
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.
We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sonia Sunner Job title: Head of Service Community Nursing Pathway Email address: sonia.sunner@nhft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07842 321936
Georgina Ellis
Tissue Viability Lead Nurse
07775 912812 / 0300 027 2289
