Job overview

The Tissue Viability Service has an exciting opportunity for a  Registered Nurses with a keen interest in all aspects of tissue viability to become part of our friendly team.
We are looking for highly motivated proactive nurses with good communication skills.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Senior Tissue Viability Team; helping us to provide a consistently excellent service. The role is varied and requires the ability to multi task. You will be able to organise your own workload to meet the demands of a reactive and busy environment. Experience as a Tissue Viability link nurse is desirable however training will be provided with the successful applicant required to undertake a period of e-learning activities.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the full responsibilities and duties of the role. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will 
•    Implement specific Tissue Viability care plans for patients with complex altered skin integrity issues and provide ongoing monitoring  of care to ensure optimal care and treatment. A period of training will be required before the post holder can independently complete initial assessments 
•    Support the Tissue Viability service to action improvement plans and monitor quality care programmes 
•    Share ideas with the Tissue Viability team to improve services and suggest areas for innovation 
•    Participate in the investigation of incidents/complaints as required.
•    Support the promotion of wound care formulary adherence
•    Participate in education and training in all aspects of Tissue Viability

Please refer to the Job Description for full responsibilities and duties of the role.

Working for our organisation

The Tissue Viability Service has an exciting opportunity for a  Registered Nurses with a keen interest in all aspects of tissue viability to become part of our friendly team.
We are looking for highly motivated proactive nurses with good communication skills.

Our aims and philosophy are

All patients with altered skin integrity will be treated with dignity and respect, they will receive individualised, evidence- based care designed to relieve symptoms and wherever possible achieve healing in a cost effective and timely manner.

•  Patients will be directly involved in their care decisions wherever     possible.
•   Early involvement of a specialist multidisciplinary team enhances     individualised care and improves the patient experience and   outcome.
• All patients referred will be reviewed by a member of the Tissue Viability Service within 2 working days of accepting the referral 

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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