Staff Nurse - Treatment Rooms

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Staff Nurse - Treatment Rooms

The closing date is 08 March 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Treatment Room service in the Greater Preston and Chorley South Ribble areas. If you are able to work autonomously, you are motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic then come and join our team of dedicated treatment room nurses.

The Treatment Room service currently operates from Monday to Friday excluding weekends and bank holidays. We are an appointment only service between the hours of 08.30 and 16.30 however we do hold 2 late evening clinics (up to 8pm) and one early clinic (8am start) once a week. Applicants must be willing to work flexibly over 5 days, be able to work well within a team and on their own initiative.

You will be committed, compassionate and have a patient-centered approach with the patient at the heart of everything you do.

You will have the ability to work flexibly over 5 days and to work well within a team and on your own initiative.

You will have experience in treating patients through wound care, injections and related treatment room procedures is desirable.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities:

• Provide a high standard of clinical and nursing care within the treatment room setting, including nurse-led services.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care; undertake extended roles appropriate to treatment room services.
• Provide care for patients with acute and chronic wounds, perform post-operative wound assessment, remove sutures and clips, administer intra-muscular injections, perform lower limb assessments, compression bandaging and ear irrigation.
• Participate in a range of clinical and service audits within treatment room and comply with all policies and protocols relating to treatment room.
• Assist in delivering objectives set out within the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust business plan.
• For more information about the role or an informal chat/visit please contact us using the details provided.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered Adult/General Nurse
• Current professional registration- NMC
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge

• Commitment to engage in continuing professional development to meet the needs of the service
• Wound management and leg ulcer management knowledge and experience
• Ability to manage time effectively

Experience

• Evidence of continuing development in relevant area
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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