Tissue Viability Clinical Lead

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Barking & Dagenham and Havering is seeking a Band 7 Specialist Tissue Viability Clinical Lead to head the Tissue Viability Team and deliver high-quality care in the community setting. You will provide clinical leadership, oversee caseloads, and drive liaison with GPs and multi-disciplinary colleagues while ensuring robust records, including prescribing where appropriate.

The role includes probationary terms and access to development opportunities within a supportive

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Tissue Viability experience.
• Band 7 or equivalent clinical leadership role.
• Prescribing qualification or non-medical prescribing where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Tissue Viability Team and manage the service caseload to deliver high-quality community nursing care.
• Liaise with GPs, other professionals and agencies; coordinate care across boundaries.
• Provide clinical leadership, ensure accurate records and supervise the community nursing team.

Skills

Tissue Viability

Nurse Leadership

Clinical Governance

Public Health

Nurse Prescribing

Education

Nursing Degree

NMC Registration

Job description

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Specialist Tissue Viability Clinical Lead within Barking & Dagenham and Havering Tissue Viability Team.

We are looking for a highly skilled, experienced, innovative, dynamic and motivated nurse with clinical and leadership skills in Tissue Viability to join the Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, will lead the Tissue Viability Team and be responsible for the management of the service caseload ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families in the community. They will work as part of the integrated community health care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies they will deliver individualised care to patients. The Tissue Viability Nurse works without direct supervision and provides leadership to the community nursing team supporting the service, with the support of the Operational Lead.

Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

Nurse Prescribing/Non-Medical Prescribing.

First contact assessment, care and referral.

Providing public health, health promotional programmes to improve health and reduce inequalities.

Maintaining contemporaneous written and computerised records.

• Providing support to the Tissue Viability Team and wider CHSCS colleagues

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our office in Rainham, Essex.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They Are

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calc included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.

Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.