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 evidence 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).
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Demonstrate ongoing training and professional development in tissue viability
* 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
Experience
* Competence in tissue viability skills including lower limb and doppler assessment, negative pressure wound therapy and wound and pressure ulcer assessment
* Experience working in a community nursing setting
* Skilled in negative pressure wound therapy
* Able to work independently and within a team and prioritise workloads.
* Experience of remote clinical triage
* Able to make valid clinical decisions, working within agreed guidelines and protocols
* Experience using digital technology e.g. Minuteful for Wound app for documentation
* 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
* Previous experience in Tissue Viability
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Wound Care Service, Cadbury Heath Healthcare
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Operational Lead
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Job location: Wound Care Service, Cadbury Heath Healthcare
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