Band 6 Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist

Job summary

The Tissue Viability Service at UHB Community provides expert wound management, clinical support and advice to staff caring for patients with a wide range of tissue integrity problems.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse with a passion for wound care to join our team. The successful applicant would participate in delivering the team's strategy and improving staff knowledge and skills in pressure ulcer prevention and complex wound management.

The applicant should have advanced communication skills, be willing to teach and be able to support teams and clinical areas in the introduction of new practices.

The core service days and hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, the successful candidate will be required to work across all the UHB Community sites. This vacancy is part time, for 30 hours per week.

Being a car driver and having access to a car is essential for this post.

For any further information please email Paula Hale, UHB Community Lead Tissue Viability Nurse on [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist nursing advice and support for patients, carers and staff

Provide formal and informal education to staff and patients

Devise and deliver a range of educational and training packages

Support allocated Clinical Delivery Group within the organisation

Assist with clinical development in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence-based practice, quality assurance and monitoring within the service

Assist with service audits/activities

Assist with monitoring standards of clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to continually improve standards of care and patient experience

Ensure safe and effective clinical practice

Enhance patient experience

Ensure effective delivery of service/organisational objectives Assist with the development/update of policies and guidelines

Key Skills:

Post registration knowledge, experience and qualification

Tissue Viability knowledge

Career /professional development

Teaching/mentorship experience

Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment

Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices

Evidence of change management

Ability to assess plan, implement and evaluate care

Ability to work under pressure and adapt behaviour

Awareness of current relevant NHS policy

Knowledge of corporate, clinical governance and safeguarding

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.

Desirable

• *Health Assessment postgraduate qualification / willingness to work towards

Experience

Essential

• *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• *Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• *Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
• *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting.
• *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to contribute to service development
• *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement