Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
The Tissue Viability team provides a vital service in the complex wound management of a variety of clinical conditions treated within the hospital and post-discharge. You will also be assisting with the management of patients undergoing plastic surgery and collaborating care pathways with both internal and external healthcare professionals to achieve best patient outcomes.
As a Tissue Viability Nurse, you will work closely within the team and wider MDT, developing and improving patient care pathways whilst expanding your knowledge and expertise within the field. We are looking for someone who is seeking new challenges, is enthusiastic and motivated to inspire change. The position is part-time (22.5 hours) over a Mon-Friday service.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will promote and provide patient-centred care through:
1. Using specialist knowledge and skills to assess the physical health status of both inpatient and outpatients within the specialty, making referrals to other agencies/disciplines as appropriate.
2. Managing a defined caseload of patients working within agreed protocols and patient group directions, seeking advice, where necessary, from more senior practitioners.
3. Undertaking nurse-led clinics.
4. Giving guidance on the management of patients through protocol/practice guidelines to support nurses' decision-making in clinical practice.
5. Making changes to clinical management plans using evidence-based research and within protocols and clinical guidelines.
6. Promoting best practice, collaborating with local and regional benchmarking groups to agree common standards and nursing and clinical guidelines.
7. Presenting complex or sensitive information to multidisciplinary teams, patients and relatives regarding care issues relating to the patient, including meeting the standards set for gaining informed consent.
8. Contributing to professional-led discharge by advising on transfer of care issues.
9. Producing patient information leaflets specific to specialty as per Trust Policy.
10. Offering and delivering relevant health promotion and disease prevention education to clients.
About Us
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world-leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world-leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: RNOH Website.
Job Responsibilities
See job description to obtain information and description of the job and personnel specifications required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Degree or willing to do degree
* Specialist course in tissue viability or plastic surgery
* Advanced Orthopaedic professional practice qualification
Experience
* Relevant experience as a band 6 in Tissue Viability/plastics
* Introduced new services and methods of practice
* Experience in orthopaedic nursing
Skills
* Effective leadership skills
* Communication and interpersonal skills
* Organisational skills
* Innovate and motivate others
* Experience of running advanced practitioner-led clinics
* Analytical skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year pro-rata per annum inclusive of HCAs
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Part-time
Reference Number
392-RNOH-1139
Job Locations
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
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