Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking a Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse in England to improve wound care outcomes. This role requires strong leadership and a commitment to patient care, along with the ability to travel independently across the region. Responsibilities include providing clinical assessments, supporting multidisciplinary teams, and participating in research and audits. Candidates must hold a valid UK driving license and have relevant qualifications in nursing and tissue viability.

Qualifications

• Experience of tissue viability within the present job.
• Experience of working within a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Experience of participating in audits.
• Development of clinical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment and evidence-based advice.
• Support the tissue viability team with bed allocation and equipment.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to prevent admissions.
• Participate in evidence-based audit and research projects.

Skills

Excellent verbal skills

Good multi-disciplinary skills

Ability to use tact, diplomacy, persuasion

Ability to work with databases in Excel

Education

BSc Nursing

Tissue Viability Modules in the last 6 years

Evidence of continuing professional development

Willing to undertake further studies

Teaching qualification

Job description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 22 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Tissue Viability Team for a motivated individual committed to improving wound care outcomes for patients. This is your chance to join a dynamic team and make a real difference. The role is ideally suited for candidates with proven leadership experience who are looking to transition into a specialist position in Tissue Viability.

This position is countywide and not just the Cambridge area.

This post requires ability to travel around the county without using public transport is essential including having a driving licence valid for the UK.

Main duties of the job

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

• To provide an advanced standard of clinical assessment, evidence-based advice and education to prevent and manage wounds to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• To support the tissue viability team with the allocation of beds and pressure relieving equipment for ICES within Cambridgeshire.
• To provide an advanced standard of clinical assessment evidence-based advice and education to individuals with tissue viability problems.
• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team with the aim of preventing admission, supporting early discharge and providing ongoing or shared care for patients with wounds.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner with access to advice and support from senior colleagues.
• To participate in evidence-based audit and research projects.
• To provide advice and education to the public and other healthcare professionals.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high‑calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

To plan, implement and evaluate individualised specialist patient care programmes based on evidence-based practice and the application of clinical reasoning skills. To provide supervision to health care professionals in relation to: prevent pressure ulcers/Moisture Associated Skin Damage (MASD) and other wounds, use of equipment and all aspects of managing incontinence. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work including management of patients in your care. To organise the job role effectively regarding clinical priorities and use of time. Act as a patient advocate through the application of critical and professional knowledge and skills. The post holder will require a high degree of communication skills in communicating highly sensitive information regarding individuals medical conditions. To ensure effective communication with the wider community and Healthcare professionals, to persuade change, influence and improve practice. Empathy, reassurance and negotiating skills are required to encourage patient compliance to treatment/management strategies, where there may be significant barriers to understanding in some patient groups e.g. learning disabilities, mental health. Provide advised to palliative care services in wound and equipment management as appropriate. Promote better understanding on prevention and management of wounds, MASD and equipment prevision to patients, their families and carers, and other agencies involved with the patient through education and support. Ensure personal clinical skills are regularly updated as required by Lead Clinician to a specialist level. Participate in research and clinical trials in accordance with Clinical Governance and Trust policy. Involvement of the service user, carers and other professional including clinical management plans where required.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• BSc Nursing
• Tissue Viability Modules in the last 6 years
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Willing to undertake further studies
• Teaching qualification

Experience

• Level of experience of tissue viability within the present job
• Experience of working within a multi‑disciplinary team
• Experience of participating to audit
• Development of clinical guidelines

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent verbal skills with awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times.
• Good multi-disciplinary skills
• Ability to use tact, diplomacy, persuasion in implementing change
• Ability to work with databases in Excel

Other

• Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

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.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust