Job summary
Employer heading
Lymphoedema Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
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Job overview
Band 6 Lymphoedema Practitioner
Part Time 22.5 hrs per week
£42,939 - £50,697 Inc HCAS pro rata per annum
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse or therapist to join our well established Lymphoedema Service.
The successful candidate will work within the Lymphoedema Service and will work closely with the Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Services.
You will join a small team of passionate and motivated clinicians who work closely together to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Training will be provided to develop knowledge and skills within the speciality. We will welcome applications from clinicians with a keen interest in chronic oedema assessment and management.
Proposed interview week beginning 18th November 2024
Main duties of the job
· To promote high standards of tissue viability and chronic oedema assessment and management, acting as a role model to support best practice.
To carry out lymphoedema assessments forming differential diagnosis and establishing individual patient needs, negotiating specialist care plans and discussing the impact that they have on patients'/carers' lifestyles and wellbeing.
· Provide specialist advice and support for staff caring for patients with chronic oedema.
· To make and receive referrals, maintaining a high profile in the clinical area.
· To use knowledge and skills to empower patients to self care and make informed choices about their care.
· To liaise with appropriate members of the multi- disciplinary team and wider healthcare team to ensure co-ordination and continuity of care.
· To ensure effective communication between patients and health care professionals, providing written and verbal information on all appropriate treatments and expected outcomes.
· Work as an independent practitioner.
· To support the Clinical Lead to manage the overarching caseloads.
· To manage own caseload and diary ensuring timely reviews and discharges.
· Provide up-to-date, evidence based/best practice advice on wound assessment and management, use of dressings/ pressure relieving equipment, compression garments etc.
· To run lymphoedema clinics as part of the wider Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema team
Working for our organisation
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To promote high standards of tissue viability and chronic oedema assessment and management, acting as a role model to support best practice. The successful candidate will support the management of the lymphoedema caseload, running clinics and assessing patients in the community setting.
See Attached JD and person spec for full description
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or therapist (Adult) Nursing/Therapy Degree
- NMC SSSA Practice Assessor/Supervisor or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Tissue Viability course
- Accredited course in lower limb management
- Chronic oedema course
- PGDip District Nursing/Therapy
- Prescriber
- Management/leadership training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent and proven experience in lymphoedema care and management
- Experience of working in a community healthcare setting
- Proven experience of health care professional led clinics
- Proven experience of teaching/supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing policies and procedures
- Experience of leadership in a lymphoedema/ tissue viability setting
- Experience of planning and participating in audit cycles
Specific skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to produce reports and communicate complex information to a range of audiences, adjusting style as necessary.
- Caseload management skills.
- Ability to run and manage clinics
- Computer literate – competent use of Outlook, Excel/ Word and PowerPoint.
- Use or own car for work
Desirable criteria
- Emis literate
- Policy and guideline writing experience
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gill Harman
- Job title
- Service Lead Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917267375
- Additional information
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