Deputy Clinical Nurse Specialist in Surveillance - Central Wound Hub

This is an exciting new role aimed at advancing our innovative remote surgical wound monitoring program to the next level. The successful candidate ensure the smooth running the seven day service for the Central Wound Hub, providing a world-class service for both our patients and staff., The post holder will be responsible for the running the seven day service for the Central Wound Hub. This will include training, scheduling and supporting the team, ensuring timely and appropriate remote care advice and referrals for surgical patients and carers, and expanding the service for all interested surgical specialisms. The post holder will be responsible for audit activities related to the service and will undertake quality improvement and innovation projects as required.

The Surveillance and Innovation Unit (SUI) is a new unit in the Directorate of Infection. The Central Wound Hub will scale and sustain our award-winning digital surveillance programme. The Hub team will work with the surgical site infection (SSI) team, a dynamic, friendly team covering specialisms across the trust.