Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Main area: Tissue Viability Nurse Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 293-CCS-0690
Site: Homerton Healthcare / ACNs Community Sites
Town: London
Salary: £51,488 - £57,802 p.a. inc.
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59
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Job overview
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 of the job
* 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse (NMC Registered)
* Mentorship and Preceptorship training
* Evidence of ongoing specialist post registration training.
* Leadership training
* Management training
Skills / Abilities
* Ability to assess and treat a variety of wounds (surgical, traumatic, pressure ulcer, leg ulcer, moisture lesions)
* Ability to manage junior staff (including students), delegating appropriately, and to manage own and team workload effectively.
* Good organisation and planning skills.
* Ability to meet deadlines as required.
Experience
* Experience of identifying and reporting safeguarding concerns
* Experience of successfully managing conflict
* Experience of contributing to service developments.
* Experience of use of non-standard specialist pressure relief equipment
* Experience of contributing to multi-agency planning
* Experience in line Management
* Experience in assessing patients holistically and planning for nursing interventions
Knowledge
* Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
* Understanding Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its implications for community nursing
* Understands confidentiality and its impact on professional practice
Trust Values
* Understand and Demonstrate Trust Values
General Guidance for Applicants
Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.
Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working, and job-shares.
If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.
Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.
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.
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