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Job overview
The Wound Care Service has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Tissue Viability Nurse to join their committed and passionate team. This is a varied role providing expert assessment for patients with complex wounds in a variety of settings and via remote triage.
The service also supports the Integrated Network Teams (INT) in becoming confident in wound care and lower limb management by education, caseload reviews and a supportive in-reach model. The overarching aim is to enable patients to receive best practice care in a timely manner and improve outcomes for them. The role also plays a key part in the prevention of pressure injuries across the organisation.
The service currently runs Monday to Friday 0800-1700.
Main duties of the job
- Work as part of the wound care service providing an efficient and effective service to patients and colleagues within the Sirona care and health community.
- Provide specialist tissue viability assessment for patients with complex wounds in a variety of settings and via a rota of remote triage and develop appropriate treatment plans.
- Contribute to development and review of evidenced based tissue viability guidelines, protocols and pathways and contribute to embedding these in practice.
- Contribute to the pressure ulcer prevention strategy across Sirona in working to embed Sirona protocols in best practice and reduce pressure ulcer incidence. Provide accurate verification of pressure ulcers.
- Provide tissue viability education in a variety of ways to clinicians within the Integrated Network Teams (INTs).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Competence in tissue viability skills including lower limb and doppler assessment
- Experience working in a community nursing setting
- Skilled in negative pressure wound therapy
- Experience of remote clinical triage
- Experience using digital technology e.g. Minuteful for Wound app for documentation
- Competence in tissue viability skills including wound and pressure ulcer assessment
- Previous experience in Tissue Viability
Desirable
- Experience of audit
- Experience or ability to deliver presentations and education to a variety of audiences
- Experience supporting students in practice
- Experience developing and contributing to pathways and guidelines
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (with NMC)
- Demonstrate on-going training and professional development in tissue viability
Desirable
- Tissue Viability qualifications or a willingness to undertake
- Nurse prescribing qualification or a willingness to undertake
- Assessor/mentor course or equivalent or a willingness to undertake
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This advert is for Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse with Sirona care & health CIC in Wound Care Service, William Budd Health Centre. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Sep 2026.
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