Tissue viability nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Communication and relationship skills

• Excellent communication skills are required with the ability to adapt to the needs of patients, carers, other health or social care professionals according to individual circumstance.
• Able to develop and maintain communication with people on complex issues or ideas and or/in difficult situations that may require empathy, tact, diplomacy and negotiation skills.

1. Knowledge, training and experience
   1. 1st level Registered Nurse
   2. Experience working in an area of practice associated with Tissue Viability/Wounds.
   3. Experience of clinical audit
   4. Able to demonstrate competent IT skills including the use of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook
   5. Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and NPUAP,

1. Analytical and judgement skills

1. Able to consider a range of available options to provide appropriate treatment/care/prescriptions to patients who may have complex wound care needs

1. Planning and organisational skills

• Organisation and prioritising own work load with the need to change priorities according to service need sometimes at short notice

1. Physical skills
   1. Competent key board skills including the use of CHS, Word, Exel, Powerpoint and Outlook programmes
   2. The ability to travel to a variety of sites across Medway

1. Responsibility for patient / client care
   1. Responsible for assessment, care planning and evaluation of patients who may have complex wound care needs
   2. Delegation of patients and their treatment plans to appropriately trained staff
   3. Provision of advice and support to healthcare professionals in the absence of the Senior Tissue Viability Nurse, Tissue Viability and Wound Therapy Nurse Specialist and Lead Tissue Viability and Wound Therapy Nurse.

1. Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

1. To contribute to service development through regular audit activity, reporting and recommending changes that will improve service delivery and patient care within Tissue Viability to MCH as a whole.

1. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
   1. Responsible for efficient use of MCH resources

1. Responsibilities for human resources (HR)
   1. Responsible for own personal development

1. Responsibilities for information resources
   1. Participates in audits for the service and for MCH.

1. Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)
   1. To assist in evaluation of products and timely feedback of results

1. Freedom to act
   1. To work as an autonomous practitioner in assessment, planning and treatment of patients
   2. Ordering of clinical supplies

1. Physical effort (refer to effort factor questionnaire)

• Bending when performing Doppler ABPI/TPI and during wound treatments
• Inputting at key board

1. Mental effort (refer to effort factor questionnaire)

• Concentration during assessment, care planning and provision of treatment

1. Emotional effort (refer to effort factor questionnaire)

• Because of the nature of wound care, may be subjected to wounds that are upsetting (e.g. fungating wounds, wounds deliberately inflicted by others). Whilst this is an expected part of the role, emotions must be controlled to protect patients
• May have to give unwelcome news to patients and/carers
• May be subject to verbal abuse; from angry/distressed/concerned patients and/or carers. On occasion this abuse could be physical

1. Working conditions (refer to effort factor questionnaire)

• Working conditions include; travelling between patient homes within a set time scale, may include lone working and will include possible contact with wound exudates, skin, blood, urine, faeces and vomit.

Full JD can be found in the attachments

Person Specification

Registered Nurse

Essential

• previous wound care experience
• In house training
• study days

Desirable

• N18 wound care
• leg ulcer experience N49
• in house training

qualified nurse

Essential

• qualified nurse

Desirable

• Qualification in wound care or leg ulcer care

interview

Essential

• experience

Desirable

• enthusiasm

MCH Values

Essential

• Demonstrates behaviours in line with all three MCH values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Medway Community Healthcare

Address

Our zone

Pattens Lane

Rochester

ME1 2RB

Employer's website

https://www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)