Job summary
Paediatric Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist - Band 7 advert
This role incorporates offering advice and practical support to staff on the management of tissue viability issues. The provision of specialist clinical advice for individual patients which includes referral management, telephone triage, remote assessment & planning, face-to-face complex assessment & recommendations. Other tasks involve asset management, audit and innovation.
You will be recognised as the acknowledged expert in the management of children/young people at risk or with tissue viability problems and will provide leadership and direction to staff within Specialist Nursing Services whilst liaising with the Trust Tissue Viability team.
You will hold a caseload of children and young people (CYP) that require support with wound care and tissue viability management and support with delivering other clinical interventions required within the community setting.
You will work autonomously to provide advanced highly specialised professional advice to colleagues to enhance clinical practice and ensure high standards of tissue viability care.
Full time/part time/flexible hours of working will be considered at interview.
We would encourage anyone considering applying for this post to visit the team prior to application and interview and to discuss the role with Rachael Williams, CSM for CCN, Palliative Care and Rapid Response Team. Rachael.williams110@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
- Provide support and advice for staff who are involved in delivering wound care & preventative interventions within Paediatric Specialist Services. Dissemination of knowledge & skills involving planning and design of training sessions and e-learning packages, face-to-face training of small groups and 1-to-1 coaching.
2. Triage and manage tissue viability referrals coming into the CCN and Palliative Care service giving telephone advice where appropriate and agreeing with the clinical coordinators on the urgency of the referral dependency.
3. Provide face-to-face and remote specialist advice to nursing teams, examining the quality of wound care delivered in terms of assessment, prevention and treatment through home visits and the clinic model.
- Hold a caseload of CYP that require support with wound care and tissue viability management and support with delivering other clinical interventions required within the community setting across Paediatric Specialist Services
- To ensure all CYP on Tissue Viability caseload have an up to date clinical assessment and review of care plans in line with local polices/SOP and clinical need.
- To maintain clinical competencies for other nursing interventions including clinical assessments, administration of injections, medications, management of enteral feeding devices and Central Venous Line (CVL).
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people,parentsand families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Develop and deliver educational programmes for Birmingham Community Healthcare to support the Children and Families and staff within paediatric specialist nursing services on tissue viability related issues in a variety of formats, including e-learning and competency-based assessments.
- Promote the achievement of competencies in nurses involved in wound care & prevention, to facilitate the delivery of safe and appropriate care.
- Act as a role model to the nursing staff in all aspects of wound care.
- Provide clinical support and supervision to specialist nursing colleagues and access regular supervision from the specialist tissue viability team.
- Support Trust management in Tissue Viability-related issues, attending meetings, participating in initiatives and providing a specialist voice & opinion.
- Actively support innovations and improvements in practice related to Tissue Viability.
- Establish and maintain professional networking relationship with all relevant personnel including, other professional agencies and organizations.
- Work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct.
- Communicate highly sensitive, condition-related information to patients and relatives with empathy and reassurance.
- Assist with the production of specialist protocols, guidelines, standards & procedures for Tissue Viability related issues and review and update in line with relevant research.
- Develop and empower all members of the team to perform to high standards and develop skills and confidence.
- Capture best practice and disseminate this to staff to be able to deliver safe, high-quality care by regular engagement with the Trusts Tissue Viability Team.
- Assist in the pressure ulcer prevention agenda and National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUINS).
Detailed Job description and main responsibilities found in JD.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Develop and deliver educational programmes for Birmingham Community Healthcare to support the Children and Families and staff within paediatric specialist nursing services on tissue viability related issues in a variety of formats, including e-learning and competency-based assessments.
- Promote the achievement of competencies in nurses involved in wound care & prevention, to facilitate the delivery of safe and appropriate care.
- Act as a role model to the nursing staff in all aspects of wound care.
- Provide clinical support and supervision to specialist nursing colleagues and access regular supervision from the specialist tissue viability team.
- Support Trust management in Tissue Viability-related issues, attending meetings, participating in initiatives and providing a specialist voice & opinion.
- Actively support innovations and improvements in practice related to Tissue Viability.
- Establish and maintain professional networking relationship with all relevant personnel including, other professional agencies and organizations.
- Work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct.
- Communicate highly sensitive, condition-related information to patients and relatives with empathy and reassurance.
- Assist with the production of specialist protocols, guidelines, standards & procedures for Tissue Viability related issues and review and update in line with relevant research.
- Develop and empower all members of the team to perform to high standards and develop skills and confidence.
- Capture best practice and disseminate this to staff to be able to deliver safe, high-quality care by regular engagement with the Trusts Tissue Viability Team.
- Assist in the pressure ulcer prevention agenda and National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUINS).
Detailed Job description and main responsibilities found in JD.
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered Paediatric Nurse with a current NMC pin number
- Postgraduate study at degree or equivalent.
- A willingness to work towards gaining extensive clinical knowledge in pressure ulcer and wound care management by attending tissue viability courses, study days with relevant training within the role.
- Teaching and assessing course.
Desirable
- Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Extensive children's nursing community experience.
- Significant Tissue Viability/wound care role-related experience
- Involvement in clinical 'best practice' initiatives.
Desirable
- Leadership experience.
- Experience of leading people and or projects, influencing others and delivering results
- Presentations, training and coaching
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate knowledge of national guidelines, best practice documents Quality improvement programmes and methodology
- Knowledge and ability to undertake clinical audit and the setting of standards
- Willingness to learn and embed Tissue Viability procedures, diagnostics and equipment.
- Good understanding of safeguarding practices.
- Demonstrate experience and knowledge to be able support families and staff through the management of safeguarding processes.
- Clear knowledge and understanding of up to date, evidence based clinical practice.
- Ability to demonstrate personal responsibility with respect to health and safety.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Ability to work effectively across organisation and professional boundaries.
- Proven networking skills.
- Ability to influence, engage and inspire staff.
- Able to prioritise work and meet challenging deadlines.
- Ability to use initiative appropriately
- Able to manage complex projects.
Other job requirements
Essential
- Hold a full, valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes, unless agreed under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered Paediatric Nurse with a current NMC pin number
- Postgraduate study at degree or equivalent.
- A willingness to work towards gaining extensive clinical knowledge in pressure ulcer and wound care management by attending tissue viability courses, study days with relevant training within the role.
- Teaching and assessing course.
Desirable
- Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- Extensive children's nursing community experience.
- Significant Tissue Viability/wound care role-related experience
- Involvement in clinical 'best practice' initiatives.
Desirable
- Leadership experience.
- Experience of leading people and or projects, influencing others and delivering results
- Presentations, training and coaching
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate knowledge of national guidelines, best practice documents Quality improvement programmes and methodology
- Knowledge and ability to undertake clinical audit and the setting of standards
- Willingness to learn and embed Tissue Viability procedures, diagnostics and equipment.
- Good understanding of safeguarding practices.
- Demonstrate experience and knowledge to be able support families and staff through the management of safeguarding processes.
- Clear knowledge and understanding of up to date, evidence based clinical practice.
- Ability to demonstrate personal responsibility with respect to health and safety.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Ability to work effectively across organisation and professional boundaries.
- Proven networking skills.
- Ability to influence, engage and inspire staff.
- Able to prioritise work and meet challenging deadlines.
- Ability to use initiative appropriately
- Able to manage complex projects.
Other job requirements
Essential
- Hold a full, valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes, unless agreed under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustments
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.
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
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.
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).
