Lead Tissue Viability Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, enthusiastic and credible Lead Tissue Viability Nurse to lead out Tissue Viability Teams across the Humber Health Partnership.

The post holder will be based at Hull Royal Infirmary but expected to work at Grimsby, Scunthorpe , Goole and Castle Hill to support and lead the service.

We also manage Acute Services at Hull, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole; and tissue viability in the community in Northern Lincolnshire.

Main duties of the job

The Lead Nurse Tissue Viability will provide the expertise and capacity to Lead the Tissue Viability Service (TVN) across the Group and support the clinical teams to provide the required standards of patient care. They will help to design and implement new ways of working that will improve the quality of the care provided to patients in conjunction with the productive and effective use of resources. The Lead Nurse Tissue Viability will also be key in undertaking an independent quality assurance role on behalf of the Chief Nurse.

The role will be based at Hull Royal Infirmary working a minimum of 2 days clinically as part of the HUTH TVN rota with the remaining time spent leading and developing the team across the Group

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.