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Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist Tissue Viability

Division: Corporate 

Care Group: Corporate Nursing

Band: 6 

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: 16th September 2024

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist nursing, advice and carries out specialist nursing procedures. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may undertake research, lead clinical audits in own specialist area. Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of service users and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and improved patient experience through the adoption of person centred care principles.

To support and provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may undertake clinical audits in their speciality to enhance services. Ensuring safety and wellbeing of service users and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and improves the patient experience through the adoption of patient centred care principles

Main duties of the job

Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning and implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination, and the requesting of clinical care management changes.

Act as an advocate for the patient within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet agreed standards

Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individual.

Is wholly accountable for his/her practice in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his/her knowledge and professional competence.

Attend and participate in multi-professional team meetings/steering groups.

Organise own work and manage own caseload and practice, identifying and maintaining supportive networks for self and other staff members.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.