Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to:

• To support the Tissue Viability Lead to develop the Tissue Viability service to provide expert advice for the Trust for the effective management of patients with complex wounds and pressure ulcer prevention and management strategies.
• Through effective leadership ensure the clinical, multidisciplinary team deliver a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led service where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
• Provide strong professional, clinical and managerial leadership for Tissue Viability Nurses and act as a professional role model.
• Work across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Remain professionally updated in all aspects of wound care and Tissue Viability, working clinically to apply specialist practice, knowledge and skills to improve the quality of care for patients with tissue viability needs.
• Work clinically and oversee the management of the Tissue Viability patient caseload.
• Work with Senior colleagues to identify, investigate and lead on / participate in specific quality improvement projects, research and audit related to wound care and pressure ulcer prevention and management.
• As an autonomous practitioner, the post holder will take a professional and clinical leadership role and ensure that the Trust continues to meet national standards for Tissue Viability.

Job responsibilities

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.