Tissue Viability Quality Governance Facilitator

Job Summary This post is only open to current employees of the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust & ICB. This post is for 22.5 hours per week, to work over 3 days – between Monday and Friday. The post will align with the clinical tissue viability nursing service. The team is a countywide team that also supports services in Herefordshire, offering advice and clinical expertise in wound care across all services within the organisation, nursing homes, and practice nurses. This role requires the holder to travel across the county to meet with teams and support them from a tissue viability quality governance perspective, including neighbourhood teams, community hospitals and specialist teams. Occasional work from home may be appropriate. The post offers a unique opportunity to impact the quality of tissue viability care for the Trust. We provide resources for a long‑term career, flexible working, continuous professional development, and a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you wish to be considered for a secondment, please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying. This is a fixed‑term post due to time‑limited funding, ending March 2026. The contract may be ended sooner with appropriate notice. Main Duties The role supports the delivery of excellent tissue viability care across Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust and in the community by facilitating governance processes and ensuring compliance with clinical standards. Responsibilities include managing risks, promoting continuous improvement in wound care and pressure ulcer prevention, keeping policies up to date and evidence‑based, undertaking audits and quality improvement initiatives, and delivering education across all clinical teams. Key tasks: Visit community and ward‑based clinical teams to identify gaps and provide bespoke training packages. Work closely with the Director of Nursing, Tissue Viability Nursing Lead and the tissue viability nursing team to support process improvement, KPI achievement and embedding the core capabilities framework. About Us Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust delivers outstanding care across community hospitals and health services in Worcestershire, and mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (over 4500) provide services for people of all ages, with physical and/or mental health conditions, from over 100 sites. We offer flexible working options, support your ambitions, empower positive change, value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. Benefits and Pay: 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service. Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours. Flexible and agile working opportunities. Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support. Wide range of supportive staff networks. Health and wellbeing opportunities. Job Details Band: 8a Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata Contract: Fixed term (4 months) Working pattern: Part‑time, flexible working Reference number: C9798-1869 Job location: Princess Of Wales Community Hospital, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0BB Job Responsibilities Deliver data on education delivery across the organisation and compliance to training, highlighting trends in acquired pressure ulcers that require targeted action planning or sharing of best practice. Use data to drive organisation‑wide improvement. Actively participate in the patient safety incident response process across the organisation for tissue viability, responsible for action planning and supporting teams to deliver required actions in line with continuous improvement processes. For full details of the duties and criteria, refer to the attached job description and person specification. Person Specification – Qualifications RGN with valid NMC registration. BSc (Hons) or equivalent qualification and/or experience. Educated to a Master’s level or equivalent qualification and/or experience. A teaching and assessing or mentorship qualification or relevant equivalent experience. Specialist qualification in Tissue Viability or equivalent experience. Understand that original certificates will be required to verify qualifications at offer. Person Specification – Experience Significant post‑registration nursing experience with a strong background in wound care and tissue viability. Experience of mentorship. Experience in developing, reviewing and implementing guidelines/protocols and care pathways. Proven record of delivering education and training programmes to multidisciplinary teams. Demonstrable evidence of continued professional development. Experience in leading clinical practice and service development. Experience in audit, policy development and clinical governance. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required to assess any previous convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Employer Details Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Princess Of Wales Community Hospital Stourbridge Road Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B61 0BB Recruitment Notes We encourage applicants to read the attached guidance notes. 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