Burns Nurse with £1500 New Starter Premium

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Burns Unit team for a motivated Band 5 nurse to join our friendly dynamic team. Our priority is to offer the best holistic care for our patients recovering from a burns injury. The Burns ward at the Queen Victoria Hospital is a regional referral unit for patients who have sustained both major and minor burn injuries and includes 6 ward level beds, Emergency Burns Outpatient services, Burns theatre and a 2 bedded rehabilitation unit.

As a Team we provide specialist advice and support to referring agencies, as well as promoting a consistent approach to management of patients with a burn injury across the London and South East Burns Network (LSEBN). Within this service we offer psychological support and work closely with physiotherapy and occupational therapy team to provide rehabilitation for patients recovering from major burn injury. We lead a variety of specialist nurse led treatments including Nexobrid Enzymatic debridement, Sharps debridement and allograft application. We run a busy Emergency Burns Assessment Clinic, where we treat minor burns and continue to follow up patients recovering from their injury.

As part of the burns team you will rotate through the Burns ward and Emergency Burns Assessment Clinic, giving you the opportunity to experience the burns service entirely.

We are proud of the learning opportunities available within our department, which includes ward and Trust based in house teaching, opportunities to attend Seminars and the BBA British burns association conferences. We offer an extensive training programme to develop our burns Specialist nurses. This consists of our in house Burns competencies, Burns management day which can then progress to the Advanced Burn Care Modules level 6 and 7 and Emergency Management of severe Burns(EMSB) which is run by the LSEBN network. We are happy to support newly qualified nurses with successful completion of your training.

This vacancy is eligible for the £1500 New Starter Premium. Please be aware that this incentive is aimed at new starters to QVH and is only applicable for those not paid by QVH at the time of applying; this includes bank and internal movers. If a new starter left QVH less than 12 months prior to current appointment they are not eligible.

Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.

A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.

At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.

Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.

For further details / informal visits contact : Name : Eloise Lucas Job title : Burns Unit Manager Email address : [email protected] Telephone number : 01342 414440.

Please contact Eloise to arrange an informal visit or discussion.

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