Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinical specialist in wound care with a focus on tissue viability. You would work with the multidisciplinary team to provide expert advice, education, and quality improvement to reduce pressure ulcers and improve patient outcomes across the trust.

The role involves leadership, governance, and involvement in strategy aligned with national and local targets, supporting the Lead TVN and Harm Free Care Matron.

Job description

To work closely with the Lead TVN and Harm Free Care Matron and other specialists to deliver high quality patient care with a specific focus on tissue viability across the trust. To support strategically and to influence the development of the service in line with national and local targets. Please see the job description attached for a more detailed job description, main responsibilities and essential and desirable skills required for this role,

• To be a clinical specialist in wound care working with multidisciplinary team to provide effective patient care in respect of wound prevention and management, providing expert advice, education/training for staff caring for the patients and quality improvement in tissue viability team services.
• To provide professional leadership and demonstration of competence in the assessment of pressure ulcer risk for patients and raise staff awareness on PU prevention.
• To support on clinical audits, to monitor standards of care and contribute to audit reports in relation to wound care, contribute recommendation to improve outcome and promote quality improvement and to take an active role in clinical governance and quality assurance.
• To support Lead TVN and Harm Free Care Matron to lead in collaboration on the delivery of the Trust Pressure Ulcer reduction strategy, monitoring progress through the Harm Free Care Committee.
• Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
• We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients' homes across Guildford and Waverley. We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure. To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo