Senior tissue viability nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Knowledge, training and experience

Registered 1st Level Nurse

ENB 998/Preparation of mentors

Tissue Viability qualification desirable or successful completion of Tissue Viability/Wound Care / Leg Ulcer modules (level 6)

Conservative sharp debridement qualification or willingness to undertake.

Nurse prescribing qualification or the willingness to undertake qualification

Sound ability to assess, plan and evaluate evidence based nursing care.

Evidence of appropriate clinical/professional competence and on-going professional development,

Up to date knowledge of local and national nursing, health, social care drivers and policies.

1. Analytical and judgement skills

Assess patients/community health needs and in agreement with the patient. Develop, implement and evaluate health care programmes to ensure effective high quality, evidence based health care including health promotion. Take account of patients with complex and intensive needs e.g. safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and complex wounds. To be involved with MDTs..

As a nurse prescriber take responsibility for prescribing in line with the nurse prescribing formulary, Medway Community Healthcare and national policies/ guidelines

1. Planning and organisational skills

Actively manage a defined Tissue Viability caseload within Medway Community Healthcare according to set criteria, standards and organisational policies.

Actively manage Tissue Viability Staff Nurse Band 5 including appraisals, sickness and absence management, disciplinary and capability processes

Prioritise and allocate workload.

To assist in the co-ordination of annual leave, study leave and payroll/absence returns.

1. Physical skills

Undertake a range of clinical skills including wound/leg ulcer management, advanced treatments such as application of topical negative pressure, conservative sharp debridement of wounds (desirable)

Keyboard skills are required, including word, excel, power point, CHS.

1. Responsibility for patient / client care

Working in complex wound clinic or in the community environment:

Assess patients (sometimes with complex health needs) in complex wound clinic, the patients own home, in-patient units and prisons. To develop, implement and evaluate health care programmes to ensure provision of effective high quality, evidence based health care including health promotion

To liaise with other services to provide a seamless patient experience and quality outcome

To work in a manner that is safe and clean, maintaining the clinic environment adhering to Medway Community Healthcare policies and procedures.

To actively promote equality and diversity

1. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model, adhering to the NMC code of professional conduct and organisational policies and protocols. Comment on policies and procedures.

Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities including risk assessments, complaint investigation.

Participate in data collection, activity reporting and outcome measuring for community nursing.

Identify and progress practice development to improve patient care standards and outcomes.

Actively progress integrated/interprofessional patient care.

Contribute to the achievement of organisation and Tissue Viability service objectives.

1. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

Responsible for the monitoring and safe use of expensive equipment e.g. dopplers and cameras

Promote compliance to the organisations procedures for supply of consumables including dressings

Report any risks in resources staff or equipment to the Tissue Viability and Wound Therapy Lead Nurse and Tissue Viability and Wound Therapy Nurse Specialist.

1. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

Line manage Band 5 Tissue Viability Staff Nurse, including recruitment, appraisals, clinical supervision, training and education, probation, induction and rotas, sickness/absence monitoring and disciplinary and capability processes with the support of the Tissue Viability and Wound Therapy Specialist Nurser.

Management responsibility for ensuring continuing quality of patient care by evidence based practice.

Provide teaching and education to other healthcare professionals, students, colleagues, patients, relatives and carers.

Participate in own appraisal and clinical supervision as supervisee.

Support new members of the team and students.

1. Responsibilities for information resources

Ensure records are kept up to date and safeguard patient confidentiality by being aware of professional, legal and ethical responsibilities.

Record and submit accurate, timely data and information for caseload management and service development.

1. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities to maintain quality of service and support service developments including risk assessments and complaints investigation.

1. Freedom to act

Work as an autonomous practitioner within the tissue viability/wound therapy team

Full JD can be found in the attachments

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse with NMC qualification
• Tissue Viability/ Lower Limb module level 6/7

Desirable

• Degree/ Msc tissue viability
• Sharp Debridement course/ qualification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified registered nurse for at least 2 years
• Wound care experience

Desirable

• Working in a wound clinic/ tissue viability setting

Skills

Essential

• Able to assess, implement and evaluate wounds
• Holistic assessment skills

Desirable

• Debridement 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Medway Community Healthcare

Address

Our Zone

Pattens Lane

Medway

ME1 2RB

Employer's website

https://www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)