Job overview
Tissue Viability Nurse / Hospital/Community
Band 6 - North London
1 full time post/job share considered
London Supplement paid
Excellent opportunity for staff experienced in tissue viability & wound care to join our friendly and talented team.
Passionate, enthusiastic, experienced Tissue Viability Nurse wanted!
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at Whittington Health – working across Haringey and Islington boroughs.
Our Tissue Viability Team
·Provide specialist care to patients with complex wounds
·Plays a key role in promoting and educating colleagues in tissue viability and wound care.
We are looking for someone wishing to utilise and expand their existing knowledge and develop new skills within this specialist field. You need to be motivated, flexible, work independently and in a team and enjoy working in a variety of environments – in people’s homes, hospitals, care homes, GP practices.
You will receive professional, committed and comprehensive learning and development support to assist you in your role.
This is a full-time post with usual hours of work Monday- Friday (excluding weekends and bank holidays). Job share/part time would be considered.
Informal discussions are welcomed so please talk to us to see if this role could be right for you.
Main duties of the job
POST SUMMARY
The post holder will assist act as a specialist in tissue viability and assist in the daily running of the tissue viability service working across Whittington Health including acute, community and primary care settings, nursing and residential care homes.
To support the TVN Clinical Nurse Specialists with the management of patient referrals to the Tissue Viability service.
To carry own caseload of tissue viability patients and provide coordination of care from diagnosis, treatment plan and follow up care, with direct and indirect support from the Tissue Viability CNS.
To support the TVN Clinical Nurse Specialists with training and education programmes relating to tissue viability to all levels of staff and disciplines.
To participate in clinical audit, data collection and equipment management and relating to tissue viability.
The post holder will be clinically based at either Whittington Hospital or a community base, but the remit of their duties will be carried out interchangeably across both the primary & secondary care setting, according to the needs of the service, or direction of the Lead Specialist Nurse.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES
Leadership
To provide clinical and professional leadership to support and inspire colleagues in community teams, hospital wards, local nursing homes and other primary or acute care settings associated with Whittington Health to ensure that the tissue viability service is delivered effectively and within the operational specification for the service
To ensure that all specialist advice provided is evidence based and in line with Whittington Health and National policies and guidelines.
To promote good communication and inter-professional working across the service by means for face-to-face contact, use of I-pads, teleconferences and virtual meetings.
Managing Care
To have overall continuing responsibility for the effective and efficient delivery of care to patients with complex wounds in a manner that at all times reflects the NMC code.
To provide expert level of practice which includes the assessment of patients, initiation of treatment, assessment of care delivered, interpretation of investigations relating to wound care and the implementation of recurrence prevention strategies.
To assess the patients referred to the TVS holistically, using a range of different assessment methods and reach valid, reliable and comprehensive patient centred
conclusions, which manage risk and are appropriate to their need, context, culture and ethnicity.
Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care for patients referred to the TVS by providing clinical and professional evidence-based advice
Instigate referrals directly to and from healthcare professionals in both primary and secondary care to implement and best holistic treatment plan for the individual
Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and well-being and promote independence where appropriate.
Education & Training
To work with the TV team in creating and promoting a supportive learning environment that embraces a culture of evidence and research-based practice.
To assist with the development, co-ordination and delivery of practice-based education and training in a variety of settings to different disciplines and levels of staff to facilitate the implementation of best practice and promote and support high quality patient care.
Service Development
To support the smooth day-to-day running of the Tissue Viability Service and associated clinics and developments.
To contribute to developing and implementing appropriate policies, protocols, and guidelines and care pathways to ensure safe, equitable and consistent practice.
Quality
To deal with referrals into the tissue viability service in proficient manner and prioritising service provision based upon individual need and referring on if appropriate.
To ensure that the 6Cs are kept at the centre of all care provided by the team.
To participate in policy and standard setting, quality initiatives and clinical audit.
To ensure that the care given meets the standards and policies set by Whittington Health. To inform line management of constraints that will prevent these standards from being met.
Professional development and responsibilities
Where the post holder has particular expertise, act as advisor/resource person to other staff.
To participate in training and supporting pre- and post registration students in the field of tissue viability as directed by the Service Lead.
To maintain own professional development, ensuring practice remains up to date and in line with the role job description and annual appraisal objectives
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. 1st Level Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
2. Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
3. Further postgraduate certification (level 6 or above) in specialist area Tissue Viability, Leg ulceration, wound management.
4. Mentorship and/or teaching qualification
5. Non- medical prescribing qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
6. Experience of working as a senior band 5 or band 6 nurse in a hospital or community /clinic setting
7. At least 2 years experience of nursing patients with tissue viability needs in the community and hospital settings
8. Experience of supporting learning in junior and senior colleagues
9. Evidence of personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
10. Experience in managing leg ulcer patients
11. Experience in undertaking doppler assessment, applying compression therapy and Negative Pressure Wound therapy
12. Experience in teaching in a formal and informal environment
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
13. Comprehensive wound assessment & management skills
14. Ability to work as a member of a team and independently
Desirable criteria
15. Competent in the use of Doppler/compression bandaging / hosiery
16. Competent in the application of Negative Pressure Wound therapy
17. Knowledge of the audit process and experience of doing audit of clinical practice
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
18. Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
19. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
20. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
21. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
22. Participate in required training and supervision.
23. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.