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Job summary

Main area
Tissue Viability
Grade
NHS AFC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
361-COR-6199564
Employer
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lister Hospital
Town
Stevenage
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/05/2024 23:59

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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust logo

Tissue Viability Support Nurse

NHS AFC: Band 6

Here at  East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

 

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Tissue Viability Support Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our small but passionate team on a substantive basis.

You will work within the existing Tissue Viability team to continue our agenda on continuous quality improvement within the discipline of Tissue Viability. You will assist and deliver education to the wider MDT on an as required basis to motivate staff to improve practice and the delivery of safe effective care.

You will also role model excellent communication and leadership skills committed to improving the outcomes of the patients we are privileged to serve. 

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond! 

Main duties of the job

To promote expert, individualised patient centred clinical care for clients with Tissue Viability needs including vascular needs, compromised skin integrity and pressure ulcers by using evidence based practice.

To assess and plan care for patients referred to the service and work in conjunction with the tissue viability team. The role will include the provision of care and supervision of the delivery of this care by clinical staff. You will offer education and support to patients, carers and other health care professionals.

Work closely with other health care professionals to promote a high standard of care in the prevention and management of pressure ulcers ensuring the pressure ulcer policy & pathway are followed.

Work as part of a highly motivated and proactive tissue viability team which is able to provide professional and personal development opportunities and offer appropriate support for this post. You will have an active role in all aspects of wound care management within the Trust, including audits, pressure ulcer management and reporting, prescribing and leading on training programs for all aspects of tissue viability.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

 We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.  We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision.  If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.  Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

Essential criteria
  • 1st level Registered Nurse
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Tissue Viability related post registration education or willing to work towards.
  • BSc Tissue Viability

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience
  • Previous experience of audit & assessing
Desirable criteria
  • Experience as a Tissue Viability Link Nurse

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Ability to influence, manage and achieve objectives
  • Self-motivated to manage own time and study
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership and change management skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of current issues relating to the field of tissue viability.
  • Computer literate
  • Audit processes
  • Knowledge of the management of acute and chronic wounds.
  • Knowledge of the prevention of pressure ulcers

Other requirements

Essential criteria
  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Role model our Trust values every day

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Patience Mpofu
Job title
Lead Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01438 284685