NHS Ayrshire & Arran
261202 (KA) Consultant Nurse - Tissue Viablity
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NHS Scotland Job Opportunity
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and innovative nurse leader to join NHS Lothian as a Consultant Nurse within the Tissue Viability Service. This senior strategic role will provide expert leadership, clinical consultancy and professional influence to drive excellence in tissue viability practice across acute, community, primary care and social care settings.
As the professional lead for Tissue Viability, you will shape the strategic direction of services across NHS Lothian, working collaboratively with senior nursing leaders, multidisciplinary teams and national stakeholders to improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical practice and support the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care. You will play a key role in service improvement, policy development, education, research and innovation, helping to influence practice both locally and nationally.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated clinical leader with specialist expertise in tissue viability, strong strategic vision and a passion for improving care. If you have the skills and experience to shape future service delivery and drive continuous improvement, we would welcome your application.
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Responsibilities
- Provide expert leadership, clinical consultancy and professional influence to drive excellence in tissue viability practice.
- Shape the strategic direction of services across NHS Lothian.
- Work collaboratively with senior nursing leaders, multidisciplinary teams and national stakeholders.
- Improve patient outcomes, enhance clinical practice and support the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care.
- Play a key role in service improvement, policy development, education, research and innovation.
Requirements
- Specialist expertise in tissue viability.
- Strong strategic vision.
- Passion for improving care.
About the Organisation
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
Application Information
For further details please contact Maggie Byers Smith on 07903969631.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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