Job overview

Main duties of the job

This highly specialist clinical field necessitates managing patients who often have highly complex and diverse physical and emotional needs. The presentation of each patient varies enormously with diagnosis and medical history necessitating ability to draw on a wide range of skills and knowledge, frequently dealing with multiple physical, social and emotional issues.

The post holder will need to:

• To work as an autonomous specialist practitioner as an integral and supportive member of the specialist nurse-led lymphoedema team and palliative care MDT, providing high quality person centred care to patients with Lymphoedema (cancer and non-cancer)/ chronic oedema and their families.
• Responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for patients with Lymphoedema and different types of chronic oedema, working closely with the Team Lead but hold independent clinics.
• To work collaboratively with the Team Lead and colleagues to raise the profile of Lymphoedema management, supporting the needs of patients and deliver service developments.
• To be responsible for sharing specialist knowledge and skills of Lymphoedema management with other members of the MDT and students as appropriate.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes. 

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

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