Job summary
- Main area
- Tissue Viability
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR253-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester General Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist for Tissue Viability
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you passionate about wound care and have a specialist interest in pressure ulcers and complex wound management including TNP therapy?
If so this may be the opportunity you are looking for.
We are looking to recruit a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Tissue Viability to cover maternity leave for one year to work within our team to provide best practice and education and support in all elements of wound care.
We welcome applications from experienced nurses who can evidence effective knowledge understanding and application of best practice in relation to wound care as well as those with previous experience in a tissue viability role.
A large part of this job role will be the review, oversight, confirmation and classification of pressure ulcers therefore you must have an extensive understanding of pressure ulcers both in prevention and management.
The community tissue viability team also plays a large role in education and therefore the skills to both teach and mentor are essential for this role with given support.
We would also look at a developmental Band 5 role to Band 6.
Main duties of the job
This role will involve being part of the NEECS Tissue Viability Team. The main purpose of the role is to provide specialist education, support and complex wound management to patients in North East Essex Community.
The role involves supporting both patients and healthcare professionals in patients own home, clinic settings as well as GP surgeries and Nursing homes to ensure that all those patients who would benefit from a specialist review are able to have their wound assessed to provide best practice wound care for our patients.
This role involves a high level of input to education of healthcare professionals therefore you must be willing to educate and teach both through facilitating classroom sessions, teams sessions as well as face to face supervision and support to staff to ensure they have the appropriate level of knowledge to provide patients with wound care which is both holistic, in line with best practice and effective.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse recorded on Part 1 of the NMC register
- Degree in relevant subject or evidence of working at that level
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Wound care qualification/ post registration CPD in this area
- Sharp debridement qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven post registration nursing experience with complex wounds in community setting.
- Sound knowledge of current trends within Tissue Viability and Pressure Ulcer prevention
- Experience of facilitating change, improving processes and promoting learning at work
- Experience of triage in a nursing setting
- Experience with Topical negative pressure including initiation/ management and troubleshooting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working at Band 6 level or evidence of working at that level
- Ability to undertake research
- Ability to undertake audit
- Involvement in service review and development
- Experience of working as a tissue viability nurse
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Teaching and presentation skills
- In depth knowledge of wound care including the phases of wound healing and how to manage wounds within each phase
- Knowledge of what barriers may delay wound healing
- In depth knowledge of pressure ulcer classification and prevention
- Accurate IT skills and analysis of information from database systems
- Knowledge of system 1 patient record
- Able to interpret complex data and present findings clearly in order to inform decision making
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Evidence of in depth wound healing knowledge
- In depth knowledge of pressure ulcer investigation
- Critical appraisal skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Becky May
- Job title
- Head of Nursing - Care Accreditation & Harm Free
- Email address
- [email protected]
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