Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist

Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist An exciting opportunity has arisen should you want to further develop your leadership & management skills, whilst additionally expanding your experience & knowledge of tissue viability and wound management with our established TV Team.

You are required to have knowledge of the National Wound Strategy & other related guidance/policy incorporating this into practice, pathways & policies.

Are you methodical, able to prioritise, have budgetary awareness, the ability to make decisions based on risk through discussion and support of our TV Team, do you want the opportunity to lead or chair TV related meetings?

This post will provide you the opportunity to build & develop your skills and competence linked with staff management.

With the support of our established TV Team, provide specialist clinical expertise advice & triage, be involved in the strategic development of an established TV education & training.

Leading the TV Service, working in partnership with our patients and families to provide safe, evidence-based practice, through comprehensive holistic assessment & lead on a MDT approach to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Representing the TV Service within Livewell meetings and forums, working in collaboration with the Dignity & Care Forum, more strategic Formulary Group, West Country TV Group and other strategic forum opportunities.

You will be required to travel independently & timely to areas of Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon.

Main duties of the job Lead and review the establishment, implement, and maintain high standards of clinical practice in Tissue Viability.

Act as a role model through the provision of professional leadership. Undertake Line Management Supervision and Professional Development Plans for the Tissue Viability team.

Manage performance and ensure mandatory, essential and external training is sourced for the team as required.

Develop and deliver education and training to the whole health economy Livewell Southwest.

Act as a lead for the Tissue Viability team including recruitment, induction, retention and orientation.

Responsible for checking and signing off invoices and managing a budget.

Review and evaluate topical applications, dressings and pressure relieving equipment.

Manage and review the Total Purchase spend monthly. Aligning with the Formulary Group and reviewing the monthly spend on dressings.

Overall management of the Tissue Viability budget.

Participate and be responsible for records keeping audit, pressure ulcer audit.

An in-depth understanding of the local demographics and the needs of the community.

Undertake holistic assessment for people with hard to heal wounds and specialist equipment selection.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.

Please note that LW may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.

All staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

About us Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities To deliver specialist nursing care in defined area of nursing in accordance with national and local policy and guidance in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery council.

Manage and co-ordinate a complex nursing caseload within Livewell SW.

Act as a Care Manager/Care Co-ordinator as appropriate for patients/carers and commission care packages and care planning to use specialist skills to promote a positive approach to risk management.

Be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, implementing, planning, and reviewing complex packages of care in partnership with patients, carers and multi-professional agencies including case conferences. Providing specialist advice.

The specialist practitioner will utilise their health promotion and behaviour change skills and knowledge to optimise the health of patients with life limiting illness including frailty, by encouraging and promoting maximum independence and maintaining a good quality of life.

The specialist practitioner will provide expert advice and clinical support whilst promoting the effective and efficient delivery of high-quality service within the local community.

Provide professional clinical support to the nursing team and advise on practice. Identify training needs of staff working in partnership with the clinical operational managers and encourage practitioners to develop.

Skills in critical thinking and reflective practice.

Excellence in practice.

Specialist knowledge.

Research based practice.

The Advanced nurse will use Health Needs Assessments and change management tools to develop initiatives in health promotion and disease management, which includes monitoring and improving the standards of health in the community.

To work within the scope of the NMC professional code of practice. Moving across the organisation should the need arise, for example, in a pandemic situation.

Your role may require you to be a non-medical prescriber / Nurse Prescriber taking responsibility for prescribing in line with Nurse Prescribing formulary and local Joint Formulary.

To work within Livewell Southwest policies.

To apply advanced skills and knowledge to enable you to undertake holistic assessments and development of care plans in agreement with the person with complex conditions. Using an evidence-based approach adjacent to theoretical, practical knowledge and skills is required to ensure safe and effective, quality person-centred care.

To hold a Specialist Practitioner Qualification and as a result have the skills and knowledge in advanced clinical assessments of body systems to assess diagnose and if appropriate utilise prescribing to be an autonomous practitioner with relevant research for care delivered.

The specialist practitioner will provide expert advice and clinical support whilst promoting the effective and efficient delivery of high-quality service within the local community.

Provide professional clinical support to the MDT and advise on practice. Identifying training needs of staff and encourage practitioners to develop skills in critical thinking and reflective practice, excellence in practice, Specialist knowledge and research-based practice.

The post holder depending on role may also be the operational manager for the team and as such undertake operational duties as agreed with integrated operational lead.

If this not applicable to role there is a requirement to deputise for the operational manager in his/her absence.

Have a flexible approach to the working day to meet the needs of the patient and the service.

Manage and coordinate a complex Nursing caseload (or caseloads) in conjunction with caseload holders and operational manager, supporting delegation of nursing tasks within the skill mix of the team.

Be a source of specialist knowledge to the team and wider organisation.

Be accountable for the direct delivery of service by providing holistic, evidenced based practice to patients, ensuring maximum independence and quality of life in a constantly changing environment.

Facilitate the team when dealing with complex or urgent situations which can be emotionally challenging e.g. continuing NHS healthcare, EOL, safeguarding adults, child protection issues in partnership with patients and carers.

As an advanced nurse you will actively support and take the lead where required for the service contributing to MDT meetings working with multi professionals.

Supervise, monitor, develop standards and audit care delivered to patients and carers by the multi-disciplinary team.

Maintain strong working relationships, communicate effectively with GPs, Practice nurses, social services, Mental Health, Acute and Community hospital colleagues.

Undertake, develop, and maintain nursing skills and competencies that are required for this role.

The Advanced nurse will complement the skill mix of the nursing team and ensure that the ever-changing health needs of patients are met.
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