Community Tissue Viability Nurse

Part Time Fixed Term 12 months post (one day per week) Oldham Community Services, part of Oldham Care Organisation and the Northern Care Alliance has an opportunity for a Tissue Viability Nurse to join our community team in Oldham to cover temporary reduction in team members hours.

The Tissue Viability /Lymphoedema Service works closely with our DN cluster teams, HRFT, and palliative care to provide expert advice, support and training for staff, patients and carers in relation to tissue viability and lymphoedema, including pressure ulcer prevention and management, leg ulcer management and chronic oedema management.

We are seeking a dynamic individual who is keen to join us. If you are committed to improving outcomes for patients, then this post is your chance to work in a great team and make a real difference to the patients of Oldham and the care they receive. This is a great opportunity for an individual wishing to develop in the role of Tissue Viability and could be considered as a secondment opportunity. Applications from experienced tissue viability nurse applicants are also welcomed.

Main duties of the job:

• The Tissue Viability Nurse will assist and work independently within the Tissue Viability Team and assist with the day to day running of the Tissue Viability Service.
• The post-holder will be involved in all aspects of the prevention and management of wounds, promoting clinical excellence, with a specific focus on chronic wounds, i.e. leg ulceration and pressure ulcers.

About us:

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities:

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person Specification:

• Registered Nurse with current NMC Pin
• Tissue viability qualification

• Experience of working in a community setting
• Sound knowledge of leg ulcer / tissue viability, aetiologies, management approaches and dressings
• Knowledge of various compression systems and bandaging techniques
• Experience of acting as a Tissue Viability link Nurse

• Doppler and Compression bandaging skills
• Competent to undertake negative pressure wound therapy and larval therapy
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Ability to teach professionals, patients and carers
• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.