Lead Tissue Viability & Skin Integrity Nurse Consultant

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Tissue Viability and Skin Integrity Nurse Consultant to provide expert clinical and professional leadership across the Trust and the wider health and care system.

The role involves strategic and clinical leadership, complex assessments, quality improvement programmes, governance, education, and regional and national influence, with budget responsibility for wound care products and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership for tissue viability and skin integrity services across the Trust.
• Influence strategic decision-making relating to wound care, pressure ulcer prevention and skin integrity.
• Provide highly complex clinical advanced assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation.
• Lead Trust-wide quality improvement programmes relating to tissue viability and skin integrity.
• Develop clinical standards, policies, pathways and governance frameworks across Norfolk Adults and across East of England Community Health and Care.
• Responsible for the day-to-day line management of Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses, Skin Integrity Clinical Leads and the Principal Podiatrist.
• Provide specialist consultancy to clinical teams, managers and executive leaders.
• Lead education and competency development programmes across the workforce.
• Influence service development regionally and nationally through professional networks and research activity.
• Support the management of a designated budget and procurement decisions relating to specialist wound care products and equipment.
• Lead investigations of serious incidents, pressure ulcers, coroners requests and complex complaints relating to tissue viability and skin integrity care.

Job description

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Tissue Viability and Skin Integrity Nurse Consultant to provide expert clinical and professional leadership across the Trust and the wider health and care system.

The role involves strategic and clinical leadership, complex assessments, quality improvement programmes, governance, education, and regional and national influence, with budget responsibility for wound care products and equipment.