Tissue Viability Specialist | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join our Tissue Viability Team. The service needs an exceptional, dynamic and self-motivated clinician with wound care expertise with a Registered Nurse qualification to provide Tissue Viability Specialist support and advice for patients in both Derbyshire and Derby city.

You will be committed to quality improvement of the Tissue Viability Service across the Trust by contributing towards the development and delivery of education and training that will motivate staff to improve practice and to deliver safe and effective care. You will be a visible and accessible role model, have excellent communication and leadership skills and be committed to improving outcomes for our patients.

Responsibilities

• To promote the Tissue Viability Vision and Strategy, providing support to clinicians and health care workers to prevent and manage wounds by adhering to Tissue Viability Policies and Procedures.
• Act as a role model for excellence in TV practice and the ‘DCHS Way’.
• To actively engage in delivering and identifying areas for service improvement.
• To provide Tissue Viability input in the prevention, monitoring and management of wounds, including pressure ulcers, to patients and health care workers in DCHS services, and other settings as required both face to face and by telephone.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary agencies to support the ongoing management of patients.
• To provide support and advice to staff, patients and members of the general public in any matters relating to Tissue Viability.
• To work closely with the wound clinics to offer additional Tissue Viability support directly to the clinics.

Context and Trust Information

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire. We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

How to Apply

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This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Feb 2026