Lead Tissue Viability Nurse | University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Lead Tissue Viability Nurse

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, enthusiastic and credible Lead Tissue Viability Nurse to lead Out Tissue Viability Teams across the Humber Health Partnership to cover for maternity leave.

The post holder will be based at Hull Royal Infirmary but expected to work at Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Goole and Castle Hill to support and lead the service.

We manage Acute Services at Hull, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole.

The Lead Nurse Tissue Viability will provide the expertise and capacity to Lead the Tissue Viability Service (TVN) across the Group and support the clinical teams to provide the required standards of patient care. They will help to design and implement new ways of working that will improve the quality of the care provided to patients in conjunction with the productive and effective use of resources.

The Lead Nurse Tissue Viability will also be key in undertaking an independent quality assurance role on behalf of the Chief Nurse.

The role will be based at Hull Royal Infirmary working a minimum of 2 days clinically as part of the HUTH TVN rota with the remaining time spent leading and developing the team across the Group.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Please note that, in line with UKVI regulations, this vacancy does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route. As a result, we are unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position.

We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

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