University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Tissue Viability Nurse

The closing date is 02 June 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Tissue Viability team at UHSussex covering Worthing & St Richard's hospital sites. The post holder will be able to develop their understanding of harm-free care and skin integrity as how these relate to the trusts strategy.

You will be advocating and practising autonomously for a variety of patients within the major trauma centre hospital site to optimise their care delivery and patient experience.

Quality care is at the heart of the tissue viability teams vision at UHSussex and we are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic registered nurse to join us on our mission to harm free care.

Main duties of the job

Being part of the Tissue Viability Team at UHSussex will require passion, determination, innovations, and excellent team work. The post holder willneed to be able to assess the patient holistically and act as their advocate to achieve optimal wound healing goals.

There will be a need for the post holder to be flexible at times to provide service delivery across multiple hospital sites across the county of Sussex.

There will be support and supervision to ensure the post holder is competent and confidential to deliver the needs of the service acrossthe differing sites.

The post holder will have delegated responsibilities including supporting and developing high quality evidence based wound care practices within the organisation.

As well as striving to delivering effective teaching both in a classroom setting and on a 1-1 basis.

The post holder will assist with the development and participate in the delivery of the tissue viability educational program to health care professionals involved with wound care and skin care within the acute care setting.

The purpose of the post is to contribute to an advanced specialist tissue viability service that positively impacts on the experience of patients by providing high standards of clinical practice and care as appropriate across the Trust.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do. We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

279-7219972-MAY25

Job locations

Worthing & St Richards Hospital

Worthing Hospital

Worthing

BN11 2DW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as and be fully engaged with the tissue viability teams a cross the organisation.
Act as a role model and demonstrate high standards of infection prevention and hand hygiene policies and protocols.
Provide professional and clinical leadership in aspects of tissue viability and issues with skin integrity breakdown.
Actively support service delivery through appropriate triaging of referrals to ensure the patient list is actioned in order of severity.
Deliver high standards of wound care treatment and management.
Provide autonomous assessments and develop management plans for inpatients at the Brighton, Newhaven, and Haywards Heath hospital sites.
Support the tissue viability team to deliver teaching, training, and education programmes following the needs of the staff, their disciplines, and their banding.
Deliver ward based focused training to improve knowledge and understanding of the ward nursing teams.
Contribute to the trust wide strategy of implementing the aSSKINg care bundle.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as and be fully engaged with the tissue viability teams a cross the organisation.
Act as a role model and demonstrate high standards of infection prevention and hand hygiene policies and protocols.
Provide professional and clinical leadership in aspects of tissue viability and issues with skin integrity breakdown.
Actively support service delivery through appropriate triaging of referrals to ensure the patient list is actioned in order of severity.
Deliver high standards of wound care treatment and management.
Provide autonomous assessments and develop management plans for inpatients at the Brighton, Newhaven, and Haywards Heath hospital sites.
Support the tissue viability team to deliver teaching, training, and education programmes following the needs of the staff, their disciplines, and their banding.
Deliver ward based focused training to improve knowledge and understanding of the ward nursing teams.
Contribute to the trust wide strategy of implementing the aSSKINg care bundle.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

NMC Registration
Extensive experience in the acute setting

Desirable

Experience of working with complex wounds
Post-registration qualification
Experience with quality improvement

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

NMC Registration
Extensive experience in the acute setting

Desirable

Experience of working with complex wounds
Post-registration qualification
Experience with quality improvement

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Worthing & St Richards Hospital

Worthing Hospital

Worthing

BN11 2DW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Worthing & St Richards Hospital

Worthing Hospital

Worthing

BN11 2DW

Employer's website

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