Wound care nurse for the Tissue Viability Service

Wound care nurse for the Tissue Viability Service

Leicestershire Partnership Trust's Tissue Viability Service are looking for a registered adult nurse to join us as a Band 5 Wound Care Support Nurse.

We seek a candidate who demonstrates a genuine passion for tissue viability.

The ideal applicant will provide evidence of being a key member of their current team, showcasing proficiency in wound management and driving pressure ulcer quality improvement initiatives at their workplace.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with prior knowledge of tissue viability through their current roles and responsibilities. The role aims to broaden your skills and knowledge while caring for patients in their homes or in a hospital setting as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The applicant must possess:

• A strong commitment to working collaboratively in all settings and supporting multi-disciplinary team development.
• The ability to promote patient independence.
• A solid theoretical foundation underpinning highly skilled assessment and nursing capabilities.
• A flexible approach to patient care.
• Adaptability to new initiatives.
• Post-registration experience and completion of Tissue Viability courses in wound care, leg ulcer care, and pressure ulcer prevention are essential.

There will also be opportunities for flexible working.

Our service operates Monday to Friday during standard working hours, excluding bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

• Develop skills in order to support the tissue viability nurses to clinically triage and identify referrals requiring prioritisation.
• Where identified as appropriate, support the service by performing face to face or virtual reviews for patients requiring non-complex wound management advice.
• Assist the tissue viability nurses with the review of non-complex patients undergoing topical negative pressure treatment.
• Following induction and with ongoing clinical supervision support with the clinical triage and verification of category 3, SDTI and unstageable pressure ulcers, providing interim advice where required.
• Involvement in the pressure ulcer quality improvement work streams and transactional plans which aim to reduce the number of pressure ulcers which develop in LPT care.
• Identify training needs for wound care across LLR and support the specialist nurses to implement, coordinate and evaluate learning and development for nursing across LPT.
• Support in the development and co-ordination of the tissue viability link nurse role across the Trust.
• To understand and promote the application of the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) to ensure the rights and dignity of patients is maintained.
• To renegotiate care packages with team members and other agencies and disciplines to deliver the best possible services to patients given resource constraints.
• Support with the delivery of training packages to staff of all bands and professions.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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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.