Wound Care Nurse
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Provide specialized wound care nursing, conduct assessments, develop care plans, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and educate staff on best practices.
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Overview
- Provide a specialist nursing service for patients with a complex wound care issues who require support and treatment through the continuum of care
- Undertake comprehensive patient assessment to include physical, psychological, social and spiritual elements of care using best evidence-based practice in wound care
- Use the outcomes of patient assessment to develop and implement plans of care/case management in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and the patient, family and/or career as appropriate.
- Monitor and evaluate the patient’s response to treatment and amend the plan of care accordingly in conjunction with the MDT and patient, family and/or career as appropriate.
- Make alterations in the management of patient’s condition in collaboration with the MDT and the patient in line with agreed pathways and policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines (PPPG’s).
- Accept appropriate referrals from MDT colleagues
- Co-ordinate investigations, treatment therapies and patient follow-up
- Communicate with patients, family and /or career as appropriate, to assess patient’s needs and provide relevant support, information, education, advice and counselling as required
- Work collaboratively with MDT to provide a seamless service delivery to the patient, family and/or career as appropriate
- Indirect Care
- Identify and agree appropriate referral pathways for patients requiring wound care interventions.
- Participate in case review with MDT colleagues
- Participate in discharge planning for patients with complex needs in collaboration with MDT.
- Take a proactive role in the formulation and provision of evidence based PPPGs relating to Wound Care nursing care
- Take a lead role in ensuring the service for patients with Wound Care conditions is in line with best practice guidelines.
- Liaise with the other departments on the provision of the service to ensure the highest quality of wound care is provided to patients
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings and ward rounds as required and participate in team discussions regarding treatment needs as appropriate
- Demonstrate vision, innovation and flexibility in nursing practice
- Assist in the development and regular reviews of Patient Information Leaflets for specific wound care procedures.
- Patient/Client Advocate
- Develop and support the concept of advocacy, particularly in relation to patient participation in decision making, thereby enabling informed choice of treatment options
- Respect and maintain the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the patient, family and/or career
• Education & Training
- Maintain clinical competence in wound management nursing, keeping up to date with relevant research to ensure the implementation of evidence-based practice.
- Provide the staff nurses with appropriate information and other supportive interventions to increase their knowledge, skill and confidence in managing patient condition.
- Contribute to the design, development and implementation of education programmes and resources for the staff, nurses in relation to wound care thus empowering them to self-manage the patient’s condition.
- Provide mentorship and preceptorship for nursing colleagues as appropriate.
- Participate in training programmes for nursing, MDT colleagues and key stakeholders as appropriate
- Create exchange of learning opportunities within the MDT in relation to evidence based wound care delivery through journal clubs, conferences etc.
- Be responsible for addressing own continuing professional development needs.
• Audit & Research
- Establish and maintain a register of patients within the Clinical Nurse Specialist (Wound Care) service.
- Maintain a record of clinically relevant data aligned to National Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) as directed and advised by the Nursing Services Specialist and Don.
- Identify, initiate and conduct nursing and MDT audit and research projects relevant to the area of practice.
- Identify, critically analyze, disseminate and integrate best evidence relating to Wound Care care into practice
- Use the outcomes of audit to improve service provision
- Contribute to service planning and budgetary processes through use of audit data and specialist knowledge
- Monitor, access, utilize and disseminate current relevant research to advise and ensure the provision of informed evidence-based practice
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