Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

Job overview

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

Department Nursing Quality Team

Band 7 £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum, pro rata if part-time

Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join the Tissue Viability Service at Milton Keynes University Hospital. We are seeking a dynamic, clinically skilled nurse with a passion for skin integrity, pressure ulcer prevention, and wound care management.

You will work both autonomously and as part of a small, specialist team to support delivery of outstanding, evidence-based tissue viability care across the Trust. The role involves direct clinical leadership, advanced wound assessment, training, quality improvement, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

This reflects the responsibilities expected of Band 7 Tissue Viability roles nationally.

In this role, you will: •    Provide expert assessment and management of complex wounds and compromised skin integrity. •    Lead on pressure ulcer prevention, skin integrity improvement initiatives, and harm-free care priorities. •    Offer specialist advice to medical, nursing, and allied health professionals regarding wound care, continence considerations, and skin protection strategies. •    Develop, implement, and review clinical guidelines, policies, and pathways related to tissue viability, aligned with national standards.

Interview  26 March 2026

Main duties of the job

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

'This team always knows what their work responsibilities are, scoring 93%.' ''NHS Survey, 2024''

To provide clinical leadership and training for clinical staff in all aspect of tissue viability care     To assess the current treatments, rationalise resources, improve clinical outcomes and monitor cost effectiveness in care provision within the specialised area of Tissue Viability.      Develop specialist policies, clinical guidelines and care procedures relating to Tissue Viability to support the development of the service provision.

To improve quality, health outcomes and service delivery by working collaboratively with internal multidisciplinary teams and external agencies across professional and cross organisational boundaries.      To provide specialist knowledge/advice to medical and nursing staff on individual clinical care to patients with compromised skin integrity or who are at risk of it.     To provide advice on continence assessment, management, and appropriate use of incontinence products    To advise and facilitate the planning and delivery of specialised care packages for patients with compromised skin integrity or who are at risk of it.     To participate in the provision of specialised training and education on tissue viability to all levels of staff and disciplines.     To provide leadership in the development of Tissue Viability Services in line with current priorities of the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To review the current use of pressure relieving support surfaces and wound care modalities in order to ensure their use is cost effective.

Main duties and responsibilities    •    Work as a Senior Nurse within the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice.

• Participate in the planning and delivery of Tissue Viability services within MKUH working collaboratively with members of all care groups and Infection Prevention and Control to improve the Health and Safety issues in Tissue Viability, in particular work towards the reduction of New pressure ulcers / wound infection rates.    Education and Training    •    Identify training and education requirements and to develop training and education programmes to promote best practice in Tissue Viability within the Trust.
• To review and update training and education packages at least annually in line with National agendas.

Patient Care    •    Provide patients and relatives/carers with information on pressure relieving and wound care products and provisions. This should be in a number of different formats to ensure that patients and carers understand the information they are being provided with.

• Assess patient’s suitability and appropriate usage of pressure relieving equipment.

Clinical Governance    To collate data regarding pressure ulcer incidence from all clinical areas

• To provide statistical reports for various forums (Corporate, Divisional and Trust Board) using various computer software packages.

Communication    •    Demonstrates and establishes a relationship of Trust with patients’ carers and families.

• Demonstrates expertise when dealing with complex patients with comorbidities and their families who require new skills to live with a chronic condition.

Resource Management    •    Responsible for appropriate wound care and pressure relieving products to be purchased in liaison with the Procurement team.

• Responsible for providing product feedback on wound care and pressure relieving products.

Please refer to the Job Description for further details