Consultant Nurse - Tissue Viability

TN United Kingdom; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Oxford seeks a Senior Clinical Coordinator to manage clinical teams, ensuring high-quality care and effective collaboration across various healthcare partners. The role demands strong leadership, problem-solving, and negotiation skills in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing clinical teams and providing specialist advice.
• Ability to engage and negotiate with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of the service and team.
• Oversight of Clinical Care Standards.
• Operational management across all sites.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Negotiating

Collaborative working

Job description

Job Description

This role involves supporting the Lead Nurse (Patient Pathway Co-ordinator Team) to work across professional boundaries, ensuring strategic and operational service objectives are met. The Senior Clinical Coordinator manages the clinical coordinator team, maintains high-quality clinical care, and provides specialist advice to ward teams. Responsibilities include participation in emergency response teams, managing bed capacity, and rotating across all OUH sites. The role requires engagement, negotiation, and collaborative working with various stakeholders, demonstrating sound judgment in the absence of clear guidelines.

Main duties include:

• Leadership of the service and team
• Oversight of Clinical Care Standards
• Business planning, Financial Management, and Human Resource Management
• Operational management across all sites, focusing on site and bed management
• Collaborating with internal and external healthcare partners
• Adapting to a dynamic environment with diverse challenges

We seek individuals capable of problem-solving, decision-making, negotiating, and thinking laterally in a fast-paced environment.

Working for our organization

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts, providing a wide range of services and serving as a center for education, training, and research. The Trust includes four hospitals: John Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Horton General Hospital. Our values—compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence—guide our commitment to delivering compassionate care and building professional relationships.