Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Hartford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a motivated individual to join their Tissue Viability Team, focusing on providing advanced clinical assessment and wound care management. Candidates must have a full UK driving licence and be able to travel independently across the county. Join this dynamic team to make a significant impact on patient outcomes in wound care. Strong communication and clinical skills are essential.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunity for professional development

Diverse work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in providing clinical assessment and evidence-based advice.
• Ability to travel independently around the county.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment and advice.
• Support tissue viability team with resources.
• Deliver evidence-based education to patients.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Wound management

Communication skills

Education

Relevant clinical degree

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• Have a full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle; public transport is not accepted.
• Provide an advanced standard of clinical assessment, evidence‑based advice and education to prevent and manage wounds for patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Support the tissue viability team with the allocation of beds and pressure‑relieving equipment for ICES within Cambridgeshire.
• Deliver evidence‑based advice and education to individuals with tissue viability problems.
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to prevent admission, support early discharge and provide ongoing or shared care for patients with wounds.
• Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner with advice and support from senior colleagues.
• Participate in evidence‑based audit and research projects.
• Provide advice and education to the public and other healthcare professionals.
• Plan, implement and evaluate individualised specialist patient care programmes based on evidence‑based practice and clinical reasoning skills.
• Provide supervision to health care professionals in relation to preventing pressure ulcers/Moisture‑Associated Skin Damage (MASD), other wounds, use of equipment and all aspects of managing incontinence.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including management of patients in your care.
• Organise the job role effectively, prioritising clinical tasks and making efficient use of time.
• Act as a patient advocate through the application of critical and professional knowledge and skills.
• Communicate highly sensitive information regarding patients’ medical conditions with a high degree of skill, persuading change, influencing and improving practice.
• Demonstrate empathy, reassurance and negotiating skills to encourage patient compliance, particularly with learning disability and mental health groups.
• Provide advice to palliative care services in wound and equipment management as appropriate.
• Promote better understanding of wound, MASD and equipment prevention and management to patients, families, carers and other agencies through education and support.
• Ensure personal clinical skills are regularly updated to specialist level as required by Lead Clinician.
• Participate in research and clinical trials in accordance with Clinical Governance and Trust policy.
• Involve service users, carers and other professionals in clinical management plans where required.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Tissue Viability Team. We are seeking a motivated individual who wishes to join us. If you are committed to improving wound care outcomes for patients, then this post is your chance to work in a dynamic team and make a real difference to our patients.

This position is countywide and not just the Cambridge area. It requires the ability to travel around the county without using public transport, which is essential, including having a driving licence valid for the UK.

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, covering children, adults 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. 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. We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over. If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre‑employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation. All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.