Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | Truro, TR13LJ |
| Company: | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6239880/156-6239880 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an energetic and highly motivated Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist, to work as part of the acute team at the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
The successful applicant will provide clinical leadership in all aspects of tissue viability ensuring dissemination of good evidence-based practice to professional staff providing both direct and indirect patient care.
To operationally lead the acute tissue viability service at RCHT, providing expert tissue viability clinical practice to patients within the trust. Ensuring seamless service delivery through excellent leadership and management skills, acting as a line manager for the team with the support and direction of the Consultant Nurse for tissue viability.
Acts as an expert within pressure ulcer harms reduction, supporting the trusts wider action plan liaising closely with governance and clinical ward staff to support the safety culture of the trust.
Leads best practice wound care for the trust, through education, pathways and procedures with the latest evidenced based research. Undertakes quality improvement initiatives where required to strive for continuous excellence of the tissue viability service and clinical wound care and pressure ulcer prevention practice within the trust.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a high level of clinical expertise, skills and knowledge, professional leadership and operational day to day management of the Tissue Viability service. They will be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner utilising advanced clinical skills and knowledge acting as a role model in practice.
The post holder will initially be based in the specialty of Tissue Viability within the Corporate Care group
The post holder will be a highly experienced nurse who uses specialist knowledge and skills to support the care of patients with complex wounds.
The post holder will apply higher level skills and knowledge to be able to take a relevant patient, wound / skin history and perform a clinical assessment in order to develop an effective management plan. This will include the assessment of complex wounds which will require current; evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in order to ensure safe effective quality patient care. They will be required to evaluate the progress of that plan in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. They will demonstrate clinical judgement and critical decision-making skills based upon established guidelines.
The post-holder will work under the supervision of the Consultant Nurse for Tissue Viability
This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024