This post sits in the Southampton Tissue Viability Team at Adelaide Health Centre, employed by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on specialist wound assessment, leg ulcer care and teaching other health professionals. Patients are seen in clinic, at home, in community hospitals, GP practices and nursing homes, and the post carries link nurse responsibilities. Current NMC registration as an RN, or a BSc in Nursing, is needed to apply.
What the job involves
- Provide specialist tissue viability assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning across clinic, home and community settings
- Assess and manage complex wounds, including pressure ulcer classification, lower limb assessment and Doppler assessment
- Manage a defined tissue viability and leg ulcer caseload, including admission, discharge and onward referral
- Promote prevention through risk assessment, education and evidence-based interventions to reduce wound breakdown and recurrence
- Safeguard children and adults, obtaining informed consent for care and for sharing information
- Deliver person-centred nursing care through ongoing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, keeping accurate records
- Communicate sensitively with patients and carers about treatment plans and changing conditions
- Provide clinical supervision of junior colleagues and students, including safeguarding supervision
- Act as link nurse with clinical autonomy to develop and improve care
- Provide teaching, information and specialist advice, including telephone advice, to health care professionals
- Take part in multidisciplinary reviews of chronic and palliative wounds
- Contribute to audit, clinical standards, policy development and service improvement
What’s required
Qualifications
- BSc Nursing, or RN currently registered with NMC
What’s offered
- Flexible working requests can be discussed as part of the interview process
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
