Job summary
- Main area
- Tissue Viability and Wound Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 083-7927776-SL
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wound Care Service, Cadbury Heath Healthcare
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 18:00
Employer heading
Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
The Wound Care Service has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Tissue Viability Nurse to join their committed and passionate team. This is a varied role providing expert assessment for patients with complex wounds in a variety of settings and via remote triage.
The service also supports the Integrated Network Teams (INT) in becoming confident in wound care and lower limb management by education, caseload reviews and a supportive in-reach model. The overarching aim is to enable patients to receive best practice care in a timely manner and improve outcomes for them. The role also plays a key part in the prevention of pressure injuries across the organisation.
The service currently runs Monday to Friday 0800-1700.
Main duties of the job
- Work as part of the wound care service providing an efficient and effective service to patients and colleagues within the Sirona care and health community.
- Provide specialist tissue viability assessment for patients with complex wounds in a variety of settings and via a rota of remote triage and develop appropriate treatment plans.
- Contribute to development and review of evidenced based tissue viability guidelines, protocols and pathways and contribute to embedding these in practice.
- Contribute to the pressure ulcer prevention strategy across Sirona in working to embed Sirona protocols in best practice and reduce pressure ulcer incidence. Provide accurate verification of pressure ulcers.
- Provide tissue viability education in a variety of ways to clinicians within the Integrated Network Teams (INTs).
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Demonstrate on-going training and professional development in tissue viability
Desirable criteria
- Tissue Viability qualifications or a willingness to undertake
- Nurse prescribing qualification or a willingness to undertake
- Assessor/mentor course or equivalent or a willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- Patient assessment skills including vascular and lower limb assessment, wound assessment and pressure injury assessment
- Experience working in a community nursing setting
- Skilled in negative pressure wound therapy
- Able to work independently and within a team and prioritise workloads.
- Experience of remote clinical triage
- Able to make valid clinical decisions, working within agreed guidelines and protocols
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit
- Experience or ability to deliver presentations and education to a variety of audiences
- Experience supporting students in practice
- Experience developing and contributing to pathways and guidelines
- Previous experience in Tissue Viability
- Experience using digital technology e.g. Minuteful for Wound app for documentation
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
- Bethany Head
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Specialist and Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07900264402
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