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Nutricia Tissue Viability Nurse

  • Ireland
  • Cork, Limerick, Waterford
  • Field
  • Permanent Full-Time
  • Posted: 21 Feb 2025
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Nutricia Tissue Viability Nurse

About the job

Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2026. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders. Do you want to be one of them? For more information on our Danone Impact Journey click HERE.

 


Role Purpose:

The Nutricia Care Tissue Viability Nurse will be responsible for ensuring the provision of wound care support services to Nutricia Care partner nursing homes on their allocated territory in line with the Nutricia Care Business Strategy.

 

 

Key Activities:

  • To provide holistic patient centred wound care to residents in our partner nursing homes.
  • To promote best practice in terms of wound care and prevention of prevalent wounds within the nursing home setting.
  • To triage all referrals in the allocated territory and ensure that residents are reviewed within a clinically appropriate timeline.
  • To undertake thorough record keeping and complete all required documentation in a timely manner.
  • To develop efficient ways of working including the utilization of innovative and hybrid tools such as the Nutricia Care telehealth portal
  • Liaise with territory partners to manage relationships with key stakeholders and HCPs in Nutricia Care nursing homes in the region.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to develop support materials and resources for HCPs caring for patients with various types of wounds.
  • To be knowledgeable on the role of Nutrition in the wound healing process, and to be able to provide advice on the correct use of Cubitan as part of a wound care plan (training will be provided). To liaise with the Nutricia Care Dietetic team to ensure residents at high risk of malnutrition are managed appropriately.
  • Deliver projects as a member of the Nutricia Care TVN and HCP teams to drive innovative clinical solutions to Nutricia Care nursing homes.
  • Meet continuous education requirements and maintain NMBI registration.

 

Occasional travel to Head Office for meetings and nationwide travel to national and regional team meetings may be required.

 

 

This field-based role covers the Munster region of Ireland.

About you

We would like you to demonstrate your following key skills:

  • Strong time management, organisational and planning skills.
  • Strong computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft word.
  • A teamwork approach and an ability to foster collaboration across functions and within the team.
  • The ability to establish trust and credibility with health care professionals.
  • Analytical capabilities, e.g., the ability to decompose a problem and build from ground up, using your insights to develop a solution.
  • A positive, future-oriented perspective, challenging established paradigms and driving for action.
  • A growth mindset, namely the ability to share and receive feedback and seek out personal development beyond your existing resources

 

 

To be considered for this role, you will:

  • A nursing qualification and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
  • A postgraduate qualification in Wound Management and Tissue Viability
  • A full Irish driver’s license
  • Be living in or able to relocate to the Munster region.

 

 

We'll provide a competitive salary, with a company car and fuel card. We'll also provide a lunch allowance when you're in the field, NMBI & INMO registration fees are covered and a generous allowance for CPD relevant to the role.

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About Danone

At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

 

We have a range of flexible benefits and excellent rewards, click here to find out more.

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

 

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 4th March, you will therefore hear about your application after this date.

 

 

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Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition. 

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