Job Description :
-To provide expert knowledge, clinical skills and advice on wound management and pressure ulcer prevention and treatment.
-To recommend and advise multi-disciplinary team on appropriate, evidence based treatment regimes e.g. compression therapy, ABPIS, Vac.
-To refer patients/residents to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team’s when necessary.
-To clinically treat wounds requiring specialist knowledge and skills.
-To provide clinical leadership by advising and assisting with the assessment, planning and evaluation of care on prevention and treatment of tissue damage.
-To conduct Doppler assessment to determine leg ulceration aetiology.
-To act as a clinical role model through the provision of professional leadership and demonstration of competent practice of all matters concerning wound-care.
-To assist the multidisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for tissue damage. Makes expert recommendations and advise multidisciplinary teams on appropriate evidence based treatment regimes.
-To liaise with medical teams to ensure that correct diagnosis and investigations are carried out before treatment.
-To record any interventions or advice given in the unified health care records.
-To guide, support, teach, and to work closely with the Clinical Nurse Managers and Nursing Staff in the delivery of high standard patient care.
-To lead in the provision and updating of a comprehensive set of woundcare guidelines.
-To lead on the provision of expert opinion and advice on pressure ulcer risk assessment, pressure relieving/reducing supports and correct implementation or prevention/management for individual patients/residents.
-To participate in tender processes or review of pressure relieving equipment as appropriate.
-To regularly review and update the pressure ulcer prevention policy.
-To review all incidents of pressure ulcers reported and ensure that appropriate care plans are in place.
-To complete wound-care and pressure ulcer occurrence surveillance and report to the Quality & Risk committee on a monthly basis.
-To trial new equipment and products and recommend subsequent purchases.
-To liaise with procurement manager regarding appropriate dressings/products to ensure effective use of resources.
-Ensure that the wound Formulary is up to date and is consistently used across the service.
Qualifications:
Essential:
•Registered on the Live Register in the KSA General Division of the Register of Nurses .
•Hold/willing to work towards a post-graduate diploma in Tissue Viability Nursing
•Nurse prescribing
•Post Graduate qualification in one of the three specialties (older persons, disabilities, diabetes).
Skills and/or Experience:
•Have at least 10 years post registration experience
•five years post registration experience in Tissue Viability - for senior role
•two years for junior role
•Evidence of consistent updating of clinical skills and knowledge
•Experience of active participation within an MDT.
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