This role is based within the acute trust offering cross cover across two sites of around 1337 bedsand some outpatient departments. Patients tend to be of mixed ages across all specialities, rangingfrom neonates to elderly care.
The Tissue Viability Nurse is required to have a sound knowledge of wound care and wound aetiology to facilitate assessment and management of complex wounds.
Assist the Senior Clinical Tissue Viability specialist with the day to day running of the Tissue viability service.
This role includes delivery of ward based education and the identification of hospital acquired pressure ulcers with recognition of lapses, lead on the management of pressure ulcer prevention across the organisation including where necessary the management of incontinence where this impacts of skin integrity.
Assess, plan and implement care for patients with acute/chronic wounds.
The Tissue Viability Nurse is required to support/lead on product evaluations and the production and implementation of new pathways/guidelines