Tissue Viability Nurse inHaverfordwest inHaverfordwest PUBLISHED THU 7 NOV 2024

Band 6: £37,898 to £45,637 a year per annum (pro rata if part time) PERMANENT GOOD SALARY

CASELOAD MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

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Opportunity to work within a small, specialist team of expert nurses, promoting collaborative culture in wound care.

Autonomous practice allows for personal and professional growth in a critical area of nursing.

Involvement in the management of complex wound care, providing an impactful contribution to patient outcomes.

Chance to educate and empower patients about their conditions, promoting health education and healthy lifestyles.

Opportunity to participate in practice development, clinical leadership, and research, fostering continuous learning.

Role supports the development of nursing skills across primary, community, and secondary care settings.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking a dedicated Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist in Haverfordwest. This role supports both Primary and Community Care, as well as Secondary Care settings, and involves working within a small expert team to promote individualized wound care for patients with complex wounds. The successful candidate will act as an autonomous practitioner, managing a defined caseload, assessing tissue viability issues, providing treatment, and educating patients on their care. Additionally, the role encompasses leadership, research, and practice development in line with national standards while assisting in the training of nursing staff throughout the health board.

Candidates should possess strong clinical skills and a commitment to improving patient care, with the ability to communicate in Welsh being desirable, though not mandatory. The role presents a unique opportunity to enhance one’s knowledge in tissue viability and to contribute to a dynamic, collaborative team focused on evidence-based wound management across various healthcare settings.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist Nurse to work within Hywel Dda University Health Board. Supporting Primary and Community Care services and Secondary Care settings.

The Tissue Viability Team is a small team of expert Nurses working closely with wider multi-disciplinary teams to promote a collaborative culture for individualised wound care for all patients.

The post holder will provide expert professional and clinical contribution to the nursing care and management of patients with complex wounds. Facilitate relevant practice development in line with National standards, guidance and best practice through clinical practice, leadership, education, research, and audits. Also to work as an integral member of the Tissue Viability Team, providing an expert professional and clinical contribution to the nursing care and management of patients with complex wounds, supporting every nursing team throughout the health board to provide high standards of evidence based wound care for patients.

This is a unique opportunity to develop your Tissue Viability knowledge and skills. If you are hardworking, committed, and passionate to make a difference, and want to be part of a dynamic team then we look forward to hearing from you.

The successful applicant will:

Work as an autonomous practitioner.

Accept referrals from all health care professionals both in primary and secondary care in accordance within set protocols for referral.

Provide a tissue viability nurse service for patients with wounds in both Primary and Community services and Secondary Care settings.

Be responsible for managing a defined caseload.

Be responsible for assessing tissue viability problems of patients and initiate appropriate treatment & investigations, interpreting, acting on and communicating the results appropriately to the patient.

Use expertise and clinical skills to assess patients' individual needs, to educate and give practical advice on how to manage their treatments.

Recommend prescriptions and advise on treatments as per nurse prescribing legislation and Health Board protocols.

Promote understanding and knowledge for the patient in the management of their condition and instruction to patients on maintaining healthy lifestyles, promoting health education.

Acquire special skills and techniques under the instruction and supervision of the senior tissue viability Nurses.

Acquire competency in new skills under supervision (i.e. Recording Ankle Brachial Pressure Index) and work within policies and protocols written and ratified for these skills.

Assist in the development of skills of nursing staff within Primary and Community Care services and Secondary Care setting.