University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Teaching Trusts in Britain and currently operates over four sites. An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced staff with a passion for wound care to join our nurse led Tissue Viability Team at UHB.
This is an opportunity for a band 7 clinical nurse specialist with significant experience in a tissue viability role to join our team. The applicant must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, specialist tissue viability knowledge and have experience and enthusiasm for developing and delivering educational programmes and service development. We are seeking staff who would like to be part of a Trust wide service delivering the team's strategy and improving staff knowledge and skills in pressure ulcer prevention, leg ulcer management and complex wound management.
The role is Monday to Friday 8am -- 4pm, and the successful candidate will be required to work across all the UHB acute hospital sites.
Shortlisted applicants currently working at Band 6 will need to pass the assessment centre process before proceeding to interview.
For any further information please contact Claire Freeman, Lead Tissue Viability Nurse on 07780 955087.
Main duties of the job
1. Managing a clinical case load of patients
2. Prioritising patient referrals via a triage pathway
3. Developing new educational packages both in person and via webinar
4. Delivering existing educational packages both in person and via webinar
5. Participating in educational and audit activities
6. Assisting the lead TVN in achieving the service objectives
7. Develop, implement and evaluate a specialist service, ensuring high standards of care and safe, effective clinical practice
8. Provide expert advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers
9. Lead on clinical audit activities
10. Contribute to / lead the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
11. Undertake service developments
12. Provide a range of educational and training packages for health care staff and patients
13. Support, develop and manage junior staff
14. Manage the service on a day-to-day basis as required
15. Manage the service/team in the absence of Lead TVN
16. Support the Lead TVN in responding to complaints, coroners reports and clinical negligence claims
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity, removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
* Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
* Recognised mentorship course
Experience
Essential
* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
* Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
* Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
* Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence
* Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
* Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
* Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
* Experience of patient service user advocacy role
* Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
* Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
* Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
* Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
* Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills
* Ability to work autonomously, manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and assess junior staff
* Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
* Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
* Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
* Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
* Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
* Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
* Positive and enthusiastic attitude
* Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
* Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
* Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
* Ability to act on own initiative
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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