Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and dynamic team at Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust as a Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about Tissue Viability, has previous experience in working as a Tissue Viability Nurse, is able to work autonomously, and would like to develop their skills at band 7 level.
The service provides hospital and community services, and therefore being able to develop effective working relationships across an extensive range of different health care professional groups is essential. The successful candidate will have experience of working in an acute setting and a good understanding of inpatient systems and processes.
The successful candidate will have experience of managing staff, incidents, staff rotas, and supporting others to develop, creating an environment of shared learning and reflection.
You will be supported by the Tissue Viability Lead Nurse and the rest of the specialist team to develop your knowledge and skills, and will play a key role in developing the service, implementing evidence-based practice across the Trust.
This role will directly manage junior staff within the specialist team to deliver high-quality care.
Main Duties Include:
* Independently provides holistic, pressure ulcer risk assessment, leg ulcer assessment, and wound assessments for individuals with health impairment, facilitating the identification of adverse conditions that impair tissue health.
* To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of the service sensitive to these needs.
* Promotes good working relationships within the neighbourhood multiprofessional teams providing appropriate specialist advice and support.
* Plan, deliver, and evaluate research-based programmes of care for patients referred to the Tissue Viability Service in conjunction with referrer.
* Works effectively as an independent, autonomous, specialist practitioner, meeting agreed targets and objectives.
* Act as a change agent to disseminate and implement sound research evidence into existing practice which facilitates a proactive/preventative ethos of care.
* Deliver direct highly skilled individualised patient care based on the principles of best practice using multi-stranded comparison of options within this care.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joana Abreu Escorcio Job title: Lead Nurse Tissue Viability Service Email address: joana.escorcio@nhs.net Telephone number: 07920261165
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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