Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse in London, where you can make a real impact on patient care. This role involves managing complex wounds and delivering high-quality care in a supportive community healthcare environment. You'll be part of a dedicated team focused on innovative practices and continuous improvement. With a commitment to professional development, this position offers the chance to enhance your skills while working closely with diverse communities. If you're passionate about healthcare and eager to inspire others, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Training and development support

Qualifications

• Masters level education in a clinical specialty is essential.
• Must be a registered nurse with extensive experience in tissue viability.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and advice for complex wound care management.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Organisational skills

Assessment skills

Advanced wound technologies

Care Planning and caseload management

Teaching ability

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Masters Level in relevant clinical speciality

Registered Nurse

Post registration course in wound management

Teaching qualification

Tools

VAC therapy

Intermittent pneumatic compression

Bio-surgical debridement

Job description

Do you want to make a tangible difference to people's lives, with the best of London on your doorstep?

Site: Oak Lane Health Centre, Town: London, Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS, Salary period: Yearly, Closing: 09/01/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen due to promotion for a full-time Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse based in Barnet.

The successful post holder will provide assessment and advice relating to complex wound care management.

It is an exciting time to join our Barnet Tissue Viability Specialist Nursing Service as we continue to build upon existing models and introduce new ways of working.

Our transformation plan over the next 12 months will include further integration with primary care, planned and unplanned care models, and a greater emphasis on population health.

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is responsible for delivering Community Adult Services across Barnet.

They pride themselves on investing in your career by ensuring you are given every opportunity to be upskilled.

Main Duties of the Job

We require a Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse with experience of working with adult patients managing complex wounds.

You must be keen to learn and to develop your assessment, treatment skills, and knowledge.

You must be strong and motivated with the ability to teach and inspire colleagues through active demonstration of clinical practice.

Have triaging skills to ensure the best outcome for our patients.

You must be passionate about delivering high-quality care, be well-organised, competent, flexible, and confident, with excellent communication skills.

Being a team player who can work as part of a multidisciplinary team is also essential to this role, as well as the ability to operate autonomously.

Working for Our Organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support, and development in your career

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• Educated to Masters Level in relevant clinical speciality or equivalent combination of post graduate diploma, courses, and experience
• Registered Nurse
• Extensive experience as a tissue viability nurse
• Post registration course in wound management or leg ulcer management
• Independent non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake.
• Teaching qualification
• Mentorship in practice or equivalent
• Relevant course in wound care/pressure ulcer care/ leg ulcer management

Experience

• Working within a Primary Health Care setting
• Working in a role of Tissue Viability
• Research and Audit
• Partnership Working
• Knowledge of RCN / NICE Guidelines & Essence of Care
• Multi-agency working
• Implementing evidence-based practice
• Worked as a tissue viability link nurse/equivalent

Skills & Knowledge

• Organisational skills
• Care Planning and caseload management
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Assessment skills
• Advanced wound technologies e.g., VAC therapy, intermittent pneumatic compression, bio-surgical debridement
• Health Promotion
• Ability to teach clients and colleagues, both formally and informally
• Ability to work across boundaries to develop new ways of service delivery.
• Evidence benchmarking

Knowledge

• Health and safety
• Data protection
• Legislation
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Tissue Viability CPD

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.