Tissue Viability CNS Lead - Community Wound Expert

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swindon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in tissue viability to lead the Trust-wide service, manage the tissue viability team and provide expert advice across care homes, GP surgeries and patients' homes.

You will be an registered nurse with post-registration tissue viability experience, deliver evidence-based wound care, and educate staff and external organisations, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered general nurse (RGN) with post-registration tissue viability experience.
• Teaching qualification or willingness to undertake one.
• Trained in pressure ulcer prevention and management.
• Wound assessment and management expertise, including leg ulcers.
• Experience leading a tissue viability team and providing expert guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage, develop and deliver the tissue viability service across care homes, GP surgeries and patients' homes.
• Lead and manage the tissue viability team, providing specialist clinical advice and support.
• Provide evidence-based, patient-centred care that meets patient, relative and carer needs.
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care for patients with compromised tissue viability.
• Act as the expert adviser to healthcare professionals, patients, carers and external organisations.
• Act as key worker for individual patients and advocate for them, including on ethical dilemmas.
• Collaborate with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure seamless service and continuity of care.
• Refer patients to other specialists such as vascular surgeons, podiatry, orthotics and other CNSs.
• Share skills and knowledge to enhance patient care and be recognised as a skilled tissue viability practitioner.
• Take part in formal and informal education and relevant audit activity.
• Work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Team leadership

Wound care expertise

Education & training

Communication skills

IT proficiency

Education

RGN registration

Post-registration tissue viability qualification

Teaching qualification

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in tissue viability to lead the Trust-wide service, manage the tissue viability team and provide expert advice across care homes, GP surgeries and patients' homes.

You will be an registered nurse with post-registration tissue viability experience, deliver evidence-based wound care, and educate staff and external organisations, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.