Community Tissue Viability Nurse

Job overview

We are seeking a committed and  knowledgeable Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our  team. As a Band 7 Tissue Viability CNS, you will be responsible for providing expert advice, teaching, management, and care to patients with pressure ulcers and other complex wounds, within the community.

This position requires a passionate advocate for patient-centred care. You will be a key clinical leader, supporting the development and implementation of best practices, enhancing quality of care, and empowering both patients and healthcare professionals with knowledge and expertise in Tissue Viability.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in patient care and to develop further as a clinical specialist within a supportive and progressive environment. If you are passionate about Tissue Viability and pressure ulcer prevention, we encourage you to apply

Main duties of the job

Act as a specialist in tissue viability, and a core member of the  wider Community Nursing Team.

To provide professional and clinical leadership in aspects of tissue viability issues across Northern Lincolnshire.

Management of patient referrals to the Tissue Viability Service.

Review current treatments, resources use and monitor the outcomes and cost effectiveness of care provision.

Provide training and education programmes about tissue viability to all levels of staff and disciplines. Focusing on ward-based training.

To lead and work collaboratively with other team members to identify and deliver Tissue Viability Trust wide projects. Contribute to the strategy for the effective use of pressure relieving equipment across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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