Job summary
- Main area
- Tissue Viability
- Grade
- AfC Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.6 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF21112-B6
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £41,957 - £50,387 (per annum) includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist
AfC Band 6
Job overview
If you have the passion to lead and be a part of our friendly and dynamic the Tissue Viability team, we are looking for an inspiring individual who have the enthusiasm to deliver quality care and an advocate of excellent patient experience. We have an opportunity for a B6 TVN post in acute setting in Royal Surrey Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
To work closely with the Lead TVN and Harm Free Care Matron and other specialists to deliver high quality patient care with a specific focus on tissue viability across the trust. To support strategically and to influence the development of the service in line with national and local targets.
Please see the job description attached for a more detailed job description, main responsibilities and essential and desirable skills required for this role
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To be a clinical specialist in wound care working with multidisciplinary team to provide effective patient care in respect of wound prevention and management, providing expert advice, education/training for staff caring for the patients and quality improvement in tissue viability team services.
• To provide professional leadership and demonstration of competence in the assessment of pressure ulcer risk for patients and raise staff awareness on PU prevention.
• To support on clinical audits, to monitor standards of care and contribute to audit reports in relation to wound care, contribute recommendation to improve outcome and promote quality improvement and to take an active role in clinical governance and quality assurance.
• To support Lead TVN and Harm Free Care Matron to lead in collaboration on the delivery of the Trust Pressure Ulcer reduction strategy, monitoring progress through the Harm Free Care Committee.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Adult
- Attendance on relevant specialist courses or study days
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Tissue Viability Course
- Debridement Course
- Mentorship
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Knowledge in Pressure Ulcer Care and Management
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in Tissue Viability Team
- Experience in different teaching setting (e.g. one to one, classroom, bedside setting)
- Involvement in developing & reviewing guidelines/ protocols and care pathways
- Experience in completion of Patient Safety Incident Reporting
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice, quality, and clinical governance
- Evidence in changing practice and project management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Krizzy Lacson
- Job title
- Harm Free Care Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you would like more information about the role and informal visits, please contact:
Krizzy Lacson (Harm Free Care Matron) and Flora Ancaya (Lead TVN): 01483 571122 ext. 2480/2040. Email: [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Royal Surrey Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01483 571122 Ext 2478
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