Tissue viability Nurse

Do you want to work in community
Do you want to improve patients journeys
then read on.

We have an exciting opportunity to enhance the care delivery for our wound care patients in community. We want to ensure the patients receive the right care by the right person at the right time by following the wound care pathways.

Do you want to see healing rates improve, patient self management plans increase, and most importantly job satisfaction in an area of wound care.
So if you have a tissue viability interest but also want to remain a versilist within Walsall health care community then apply now.

To hold or gain appropriate skills of a versatilist nurse to enable and address the nursing needs and serve the Walsall population with a large focus on tissue viability and wound care.

To be responsible for the assessment of wound care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, ensuring that patients receive the highest quality approach when attending to their needs.

To hold or gain appropriate skills of a versatilist nurse to enable and address the nursing needs and serve the Walsall population with a large focus on tissue viability and wound care.

Utilise the Wound care Formulary to use appropriate dressings in accordance with the identified Need in the Holistic assessment. To manage the expectation of the patient with education delivered on healing rates and compliance.

All referrals sent into the localities will be forwarded to a TV community central hub and seen and assessed for up to a two-week period prior to them been distributed back into the locality caseloads – this would allow the new team to do full Holistic assessment with large focus on wound care, dopplers and commence correct treatment.

A completed documentation package including care plans, treatment schedules and education to be given to patient in a detailed and timely manner . This will fall in line with the Best Practice Statement (2018) implementing a skin integrity protocol – Assessment, Documentation, Intervention and Education.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trustprovides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.

To hold responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care demonstrating evidence based/best practice. To adhere to Walsall

Healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures and protocols in order to promote the quality of the patient experience who has compromised Tissue Viability.

To demonstrate innovative clinical management and leadership within the service and

initiating and maintaining the continued professional development of the wider organisation.

To hold or gain appropriate skills of a versatilist nurse to enable and address the nursing

needs and serve the Walsall population with a large focus on tissue viability and wound care.

To maintain effective channels of communication with the wider multi-professional tea