Clinical Lead Tissue Viability

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Ashington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for an experienced Clinical Lead to oversee the Tissue Viability Nursing Service. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in wound care management, proven leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. This role offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development. Comprehensive benefits and a focus on staff well-being make this an attractive position for healthcare professionals.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in a clinical nursing role.
• Strong knowledge of wound care products and evidence-based practice.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the tissue viability nursing team.
• Provide expert clinical advice on wound care and pressure ulcer prevention.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent communication

Wound care management

Clinical governance

Education

Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration

Specialist qualification in tissue viability nursing

Job description

+ To operationally lead and develop the tissue viability nursing team, promoting best practices and continuous professional development.

+ Provide expert clinical advice and support to healthcare professionals on wound care management, pressure ulcer prevention, and complex tissue viability issues.

+ Develop, implement, and audit policies, protocols, and care pathways related to tissue viability.

+ Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and reduce incidence of pressure ulcers and wounds.

+ Lead quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits.

+ Contribute to staff education, training, and development programs.

+ Represent the service in clinical governance meetings and external forums across the trust.

+ Supportive and innovative working environment.

+ Opportunities for ongoing professional growth and development.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Positive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

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Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Clinical Lead to lead our Tissue Viability Nursing Service. This is a pivotal role responsible for providing clinical leadership, expert advice, and governance to ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care across the Northumbria Healthcare trust.

+ Registered Nurse with a valid NMC registration.

+ Specialist qualification or significant experience in tissue viability nursing.

+ Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake and complete this within 2 years of appointment.

+ Proven leadership experience in a clinical nursing role.

+ Strong knowledge of wound care products, assessment tools, and evidence-based practice.

+ Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

+ Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

+ Flexibility and willingness to work across a 7-day service.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise - a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people's lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.