Tissue Viability Nurse

Purpose To provide specialist tissue viability assessments to patients in CSH Surrey their homes, Community Hospitals and clinics, who have complex or non healing wounds, ensuring the delivery of a high quality, clinically robust, evidence based Tissue Viability Service. This is both an office and community based role to provide advice and support to Nursing Homes and 36 GP Practices within Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group. To provide specialist advice to CSH to guide commissioning of cost-effective products and dressings, to develop innovative practices and to act as an expert resource for wound management/Tissue Viability within CSH Surrey. To provide training programmes for practice development, creatively delivered for staff within CSH Surrey who will be making clinical decisions for patients with compromised tissue viability conditions, aimed at improving clinical outcomes and patient wellbeing. To provide quality monitoring and audit processes related to tissue viability, working closely with the CSH Quality and Governance team. To support the Head of Tissue Viability Service within CSH - including the management and development of junior Band 7 Tissue Viability Nurse. Principal duties and Responsibilities Clinical Practice Act as a professional role model to all staff, both internal and external on behalf of CSH Surrey, working within the multi disciplinary team, taking the lead and developing the Tissue Viability service. To provide specialist advice and support as requested on all aspects of tissue viability Demonstrate clinical expertise in tissue viability being accountable for tissue viability assessments of patients referred to the service Recommend a prescribed course of treatment/care using researched based evidence and principles of best practice for this patient group To autonomously assess and manage own patient caseload of complex cases Treat all patients as individuals and develop patient centred care plans, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers To ensure effective communication and liaison between the Community Integrated Teams, Community Hospitals, the wider multi-disciplinary team and GPs Research To keep up to date with current research and developments within the speciality including NICE guidelines in order to make to confident in making recommendations to Commissioners on best practice To contribute to the research and comparison regarding the effectiveness of various dressings, equipment care and treatments within the speciality To evaluate new treatments using current research, monitoring and identifying risks Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate Education and training To initiate, plan and provide education and training across CSH To support and develop junior Band 7 Tissue Viability Nurses To develop skin champions for all Community Services to ensure that they have up to date knowledge and skills on best practice to be disseminated within their teams. To work with other Tissue Viability specialists within Surrey to ensure best practice is maintained Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post registration students as required Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers To take every opportunity to promote health and wellbeing of the patient Act as an assessor and mentor to qualified and unqualified staff Quality To ensure CSH has access to the agreed updated Surrey wide wound care formulary To promote and monitor the use of appropriate tissue viability documentation, including audit and evaluation Monitor the quality of the service through audit Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the CSH Surrey strategic agenda Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures Management The Tissue Viability Service Co-owner is to work within all CSH Surrey localities To give leadership support to the junior Band 7 TVN colleagues. Senior band 7 Tissue Viability Nurse can provide line management responsibility for entry level band 7 Tissue Viability Nurses as agreed with Head of Tissue Viability to support professional development and leadership progression Identify workforce planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff Be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures and standards of care, are adhered to at all times Manage effectively and efficiently any budget that is within the remit of this post Provide assistance with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, or sphere of responsibility To actively participate in and facilitate clinical supervision Have the ability to negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for the maximum effectiveness of care Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals Lead and implement the CSH Surrey Quality & Governance Strategy within your practice area, facilitating and instigating clinical audit and monitoring of care Lead and implement the CSH Surrey Risk Management Strategy within your practice area, ensuring that all processes are adhered to Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines Undertake any other such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post Be responsible for individual timely data entry and responsible for the tissue viability teams data entry being up to date. Work as part of the team undertaking lead responsibilities as negotiated and agreed with the person to whom you are responsible, be accountable in the provision of a high standard of individual quality patient care, within the agreed guidelines. To work without direct supervision and to develop and maintain effective communication and liaison systems Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines Be responsible and maintain timely patient care To work in co-operation and partnership with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the patient