Tissue Viability Lead Nurse

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare organization in Hereford is seeking a Band 8A Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist to lead tissue viability services and manage the Lymphoedema and Lower Limb services. This pivotal role involves clinical leadership, staff development, and driving quality improvement initiatives. Candidates must have a clinical degree, a master's in Tissue Viability, and significant experience in tissue viability. The position offers a great work-life balance and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Clinical 1st degree or equivalent.
• Masters level study in Tissue Viability.
• Teaching & Assessing Course.
• Non medical Prescribing Qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership in tissue viability.
• Develop and implement evidence-based protocols.
• Line manage the Lymphoedema and Lower Limb services.

Skills

Advanced knowledge on Tissue Viability

Experience in Teaching and developing educational programmes

Good understanding of clinical risk and governance

Leadership and Management Experience

Experience in developing policies/clinical guidelines

Education

Clinical 1st degree or equivalent

Masters level study in Tissue Viability

Teaching & Assessing Course

Non medical Prescribing Qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced and forward-thinking nurse ready to shape the future of tissue viability care? Wye Valley NHS Trust is excited to offer a new opportunity for aBand 8A Tissue Viability Nurse Specialistto lead and develop our evolving service. This pivotal role will not only provide expert clinical leadership in tissue viability but also take on strategic responsibility for theLymphoedema and Lower Limb services, ensuring a cohesive and patient-centred approach across pathways. As the service lead, you will champion innovation, drive quality improvement, and support staff development--guided by our core values ofCompassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. If you are passionate about delivering outstanding care and ready to make a lasting impact, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As the Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist and new service lead, you will provide expert clinical leadership in the prevention and management of complex wounds, pressure ulcers, and skin integrity issues across acute and community settings. You will be responsible for developing and implementing evidence-based protocols, delivering specialist education, and leading quality improvement initiatives. In addition, you will line manage theLymphoedema and Lower Limb services, ensuring integrated, patient-centred care and supporting staff development across these pathways.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job responsibilities

The Job description and person specification provides further details on responsibilities. Key responsibilities include staff supervision and development, clinical audit, policy implementation, and acting as a specialist resource for education and training across the Trust. There is an expectation that this role will be 50% clinical and 50% managerial.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Clinical 1st degree or equivalent
• Masters level study in Tissue Viability
• Teaching & Assessing Course
• Non medical Prescribing Qualification

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Advanced knowledge on Tissue Viability
• Experience in Teaching and developing educational programmes
• Good understanding of clinical risk, clinical governance and national benchmarks.
• Leadership and Management Experience
• Experience in developing policies/clinical guidelines

Experience

• Wide experience of clinical and nursing roles
• Significant experience of tissue viability in a senior role
• Experience of education and training of staff
• Experience of leadership and management of staff and budgets
• Audit and research - products and clinical practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.