Tissue Viability Enhanced Nurse

NHS; Taunton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job description

We are excited to be advertising for a practitioner to continue St. Margaret's success in wound care & education.

Here at St. Margaret's, we pride ourselves on the holistic approach to Tissue viability and the ultimate goal of comfort and dignity. Patients are often living with complex wounds, malignant or fungating that have a devastating impact on the quality of lives. You will play a vital role in supporting them.

This is a permanent, part time role, working 30 hours per week. In return, you will receive a salary of £38,644.83 to £46,535.67 pro rata, depending on experience.

This role has a working pattern of 7.5-hour shifts, covering the service, 4 days per week. You will be based at the Taunton Hospice, but your reach will be across Somerset and the Inpatient unit. The ability to drive with your own transport is essential to the post but you will also be communicating with patients by video and telephone.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the comprehensive wound care of palliative patients & those with life limiting illnesses under the care of St. Margaret's Hospice.

Your day-to-day work will include:

• Assessing the holistic needs of our patients, enabling them to live well with the complexity of wound type.
• Working to develop plans of care and have access to a wide range of specialists within the hospice and external partners.
• Auditing outcome measures and producing quarterly reports.
• Providing professional input into the wound care formulary and policy.

We pride ourselves in our standard of excellence in the prevention of pressure damage and healing of wounds even towards the end of patients' lives. Your role will be to hold and promote this goal in and beyond hospice care.

About us

Be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you're looking for a role where you can really make a difference, we could be a perfect match.

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice

And more

• Life assurance cover
• Health Cash Plans
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced parental leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

Job responsibilities

• Applying expert knowledge to the comprehensive assessment of patient needs promoting the ability to live well with compromised skin integrity whilst minimizing risk.
• To practice & promote a high level of quality in infection prevention standards.
• Demonstrate care, compassion, competence, communication, commitment & courage whilst working to evidence based practice, policy & formulary.
• Participate in research studies in wound management across and on behalf of the Hospice.
• Produce accurate audit reports & manage action plans pertaining to improvement & development.
• Provide complex wound care advice by telephone, video consultation or in person, working to ensure multidisciplinary working relations are maintained. This may require liaising & working directly with District Nursing services or other external services.
• Engage in multiagency working to ensure that the patients are central to care provision & that boundaries in service provision are clear. Acknowledge the Somerset Tissue Viability Service are commissioned to provide expert advice across Somerset.
• Deliver both internal & external teaching as required working with the Educational team to address opportunities and need.
• Support the knowledge development of students attending St. Margaret's for placement.
• Support link nurse development in both the Community & IPU setting.
• Actively support the safeguarding of adults and children.
• Participate in regular multidisciplinary reviews.
• Confident in the use of electronic health records & using other IT frameworks to capture data & present activity.
• Participate in the Clinical Strategy & KPIs of the hospice.
• Provide sign posting & assist patients & carers to navigate health & social care services.
• Be responsible in ensuring we manage the provision of dressings in the absence of a home office license & remain mindful of the budgetary impact (charitable organization).
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to grant & funding opportunities.
• An Independent Prescribing qualification is essential to the role but training can be supported in post.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Diploma/Degree.
• Teaching qualification.
• Established in wound care management.
• Quality improvement accreditation.

Desirable

• ASET Certificate in control of infection & decontamination.
• Independent Prescriber or willing to work towards.
• Wound care accreditation qualification at diploma level or willing to work towards.
• Research accreditation or willing to work towards.

Self Awareness

Essential

• Ability to manage time & deadlines.
• Demonstrates a high level of communication skills.

Working with others

Essential

• Adapts communication style to meet the needs of different groups.
• Listens to the views of others.
• Continually demonstrates a professional approach.
• Treats confidential information sensitively & in line with policy.
• Recognises & takes responsibility for offering support to others.

Outcome and Results

Essential

• Sets clear priorities.
• Understands and meets deadlines.
• Appreciates financial implications.
• Clearly communicates decisions.
• Quality improvement experience in health care.
• Research driven.
• Ability to compile reports and presentations delivering across service and to Board level where required.

Desirable

• Research experience.

Leading in your area

Essential

• Applies information appropriately.
• Provides clear direction.
• Maintains organisational policy, practice & compliance.
• The ability to drive with your own transport.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

St Margaret's Somerset Hospice

Address

Heron Drive

Bishops Hull

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5HA

Employer's website

St Margaret's Hospice