Tissue Viability and Lymphodema Specialist Nurse

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Tissue Viability/ Lymphodema Specialist Nurse to triage patient referrals, lead a team, and provide specialist wound care advice. The successful candidate will have extensive nursing experience and the ability to educate and empower nursing staff. The role offers flexible working, competitive leave, and other benefits within a supportive healthcare environment aiming to improve community health outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Pension Scheme

Gym discount

Free eye tests and health checks

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in tissue viability.
• Ability to support clinical nursing staff effectively.
• Understanding of pressure ulcer reporting and investigation.

Responsibilities

• Triage patient referrals and incident reports.
• Manage routine activities of the Tissue Viability Team.
• Provide specialist wound care advice.

Skills

Specialist wound care

Leadership and judgement

Assessment and development of staff

Education and empowerment of staff

Job description

A Vacancy at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Tissue Viability/ Lymphodema Specialist Nurse

Band 6 - Permanent vacancy - (1 x 33.45 1 day off every other week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Tissue viability team to work across Tameside and Glossop integrated care Trust. The post covers all areas of Tissue viability and Lymphodema and leg ulcer.

As a Band 6 Tissue viability nurse, you will be expected to triage patient referrals and incident reports, prioritise workload, assess and review patients holistically supporting a dressing plan and for the appropriate equipment to aid healing/prevent deterioration.

It is a part of the Tissue Viability specialist nursing role to educate and empower clinical nursing staff to provide high standards of care to our patients.

The Tissue Viability team have an understanding of the reporting and investigation of pressure ulcer incidents, supporting the clinical managers and the Tissue Viability lead nurse with this is also a part of the tissue viability specialist nursing role.

Within the tissue Viability team there is:

• Lead Nurse
• Tissue Viability Team leader
• Tissue Viability specialist NurseAdmin and equipment support member.

The post holder will have responsibility for management of the routine activities of the Tissue Viability Team, providing specialist wound care advice, organising workload, exercising leadership and judgement to ensure good clinical practises and high standards of care are maintained in order to meet service demand.

You will be working within an integrated team and be involved with the current changes and developments within the organisation.

Assess and develops students and junior staff to reach their potential by designing learning programmes and acting as a student assessor.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full personspecification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025