Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist

An opportunity has arisen for a Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist to work in the Wound Care Team for East London Foundation Trust in Bedfordshire Community Healthcare Service. This role is responsible for the delivery of safe and effective services for patients with tissue viability needs within the community services of Bedfordshire., As a senior member of the Tissue Viability Team, you will provide expert clinical leadership, specialist assessment, and evidence-based advice to community nursing teams, mental health teams, care homes, and other partners across Mid Bedfordshire. You will play a key role in driving pressure ulcer prevention, supporting complex wound management, and leading quality-improvement initiatives that directly enhance patient outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to influence practice across a diverse population, working autonomously while being part of a supportive multidisciplinary team., · An inspiring and enthusiastic individual is required for this role, with vision and leadership qualities to provide a high standard of expert clinical care to patients and advice and education to the multi-disciplinary team. To continuously develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service in tissue viability across Bedfordshire Community Health Services and for East London Foundation Trust. This post has a focus on pressure ulcer prevention and management, Leg ulcer prevention and management and complex wound management.
This will be achieved through clinical practice, management, education, research and audit and professional activities taking into account corporate and directorate objectives and within the clinical governance framework.
You will be required to support in leading a team of nurses to ensure that the management of complex wounds including leg ulcers and pressure ulcers within the locality teams is supported in line with the pressure ulcer pathway and national wound care guidance. This includes undertaking specialist reviews within the agreed time line as required and supporting learning from pressure ulcer incidents.
The role requires working across multiple Trust sites, patient's homes, nursing and residential homes.
Key responsibilities are:
+ To provide a specialist role under the guidance of the Tissue Viability Lead in the delivery of expert advice and clinical input into the prevention of pressure ulcers and the management of complex wounds
+ Support and deliver education and training of health care professionals in wound prevention and management
+ Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in preventing hospital admissions, supporting early discharge and providing on going support and advice for patients with wounds
+ Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and represent the clinical lead when they are not available
+ To support the delivery of cost effective care and wound formulary compliance
You will take pride in your work and be highly motivated and dynamic, have a flexible approach and be able to embrace change. Being a collaborative worker and the ability to network and build relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders is essential.
You must have a driving licence and have access to a vehicle in order to carry out your duties.
Applicants are discouraged from using Ai to write their application, please ensure your application reflects you as a person and the skills and qualities you will bring to the role.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rated 'Outstanding' in 2021. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
AI in applications
If you use AI or other tools to assist in writing your job application, make sure you add your own personal touch especially in the supporting information section. AI can make writing easier, but it doesn't fully understand the position you're applying for and might generate false or misleading information. Applications written only by AI often sound generic and may not show your real skills, knowledge, or experience. It's important to write your supporting statement in your own words. East London NHS Foundation Trust does not recommend relying only on AI, as it could negatively impact on your chance of success in the application process.
We carefully check applications to make sure no one has an unfair advantage, and we verify all references. At the interview, you'll be asked about your experience, so be honest and ensure everything in your application is accurate. Please remember that using AI during the interview is not allowed.

You will need to be a first level registered nurse with a minimum of 5 years post registration experience with at least 2 years in the specialty of wound care with a recognised wound care qualification, a qualification in sharp debridement and experience of caring for a variety of wounds including burns, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers and wounds requiring negative pressure. You should be qualified to degree level and hold or working towards BSc in Tissue Viability or Dermatology. You must have a mentorship qualification and undertaken training in Quality Improvement.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Are you looking to progress your leadership and TVN clinical skills and be at the forefront of change? Would you like to work for an Outstanding Trust that values its staff? Are you committed to the delivery of high quality, holistic, person centred care; and are you keen to be part of a friendly and progressive integrated community team where your ideas and opinions are valued?, Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.