Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Isle of Wight NHS Trust - Internal only
NHS Band 6: Salary £39,959 to £48,117 pro rata per annum
Hours per Week: 22.5
Contract Type: 12 Week Secondment open to the Tissue viability champions/ advocates.
Interviews will take place on 2nd June 2026
Job purpose
The Tissue Viability Nurse has responsibility to provide clinical expertise in the assessment and production of care plans for patients with complex wound problems, education of staff, contribute to the production of policy, and provision of guidance to the Trust on all aspects of the specialty including pressure ulcer prevention. The post holder is required to deal effectively with staff of all levels throughout the Trust, the wider Healthcare community, external organisations and the public. This will include verbal, written and electronic media.
• Apply specialist practice, knowledge and skills to improve the quality of care for patients with t issue viability needs
• Act as an expert resource in education and clinical practice to other health professionals within PHT and local agencies
• Lead, undertake and /or facilitate nursing and multi-professional research and audit within the Trust.
• Advise members of the public on their enquiries.
• To identify Tissue Viability related risks and set action plans to reduce those risks.
• Provide specialist education, or facilitate the dissemination of education relating to all matters associated with Tissue Viability.
• Remain professionally updated in all aspects of wound care and Tissue Viability
Specific Core Functions
• Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks.
• Support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate.
• Liaison with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated.
• Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders or manage the links made through the team. Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work.
• Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues.
• Dissemination of learning through contribution in report writing, taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications of that dissemination.
• Ensure that expertise is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with government departments, national agencies and key stakeholders.
• Develop structures, systems, ways of working and personal values that will support the Trusts sustainable development objectives with regard to issues such as Carbon reduction and waste minimisation; and to encourage all stakeholders of the Trust to act as enthusiastic agents of change.
Communication and Relationship Skills
• Act as a clinical and professional role model for the Pressure Ulcer Prevention. Ensure that clinical practice is kept up-to-date.
• Responsible for keeping patient information and website information up to date.
• Attend Senior Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist Forums and other organisational meetings as necessary. • Provide responses to complaints when requested by the Trust complaints team.
• Develop networks to support new initiatives in Pressure Ulcer Prevention.
For further information please refer to the
Current RN registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications.
Desirable:
Experience
Essential:
• A minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
• Effective leadership and team building skills.
• Clinical Experience in managing complex wounds and pressure ulcers.
Desirable:
• Evidence of implementing change in area of work.
Knowledge
Essential:
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and non verbal).
• Excellent Interpersonal skills.
• Critical appraisal and problem solving skills.
• Research awareness evidence of application of research into practice.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Ability to work independently but collaboratively, ability to influence the clinical effectiveness of others.
• Organisational skins and forward planning.
• Flexibility.
• Attention to detail
Desirable:
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development related to tissue viability.
Why Join Us?
You’ll be joining a forward-thinking, collaborative team working across two innovative NHS Trusts. We are committed to professional development, inclusive leadership, and fostering a culture of learning and excellence. You’ll have the opportunity to influence at a senior level and shape the future of quality governance across both organisations.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026
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