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Job summary

Main area
Growing the Friarage and Community Services L3
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week)
Job ref
328-FCS-6174610
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Friary Surgery/Thirsk Health Centre
Town
Richmond
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/05/2024 23:59

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Specialist Lymphoedema Practitioner

Band 6

Job overview

A very rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Lymphoedema Nurse working in Hambleton and Richmondshire Locality working 22,5 hours per week

Richmond Friary Clinic, Thirsk Health Centre and patients own homes 

The post holder will be able to work flexibly across Hambleton and Richmondshire.

The Lymphoedema Nurse is responsible for acquiring and maintaining competence in current Lymphoedema management in accordance with the British Lymphology Society (BLS) Guidelines and International Best Practice for the Management of Lymphoedema.  This will include the ability to educate patients and carers towards self-management in the 4 cornerstones of Lymphoedema Management (skin care, exercise, compression hosiery and simple lymphatic drainage massage).

The post holder is required to have active first level registration.  Previous Palliative/Lymphoedema Care experience would be an advantage and teaching qualification would be desirable; however, a commitment to undertake at the earliest opportunity will be supported.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Practitioner in Lymphoedema the post holder will:

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of Lymphoedema care for patients attending the Lymphoedema clinics or having home visits. 

Support patients and carers 

Have an active role in education, facilitating and providing a resource to other members of staff 

Actively participate in clinical audit activity 

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
  • Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Lead a specialist area and manage a caseload of patients
  • Have a keen interest in Lymphoedema and its management
  • Demonstrate skills for assessing and interpreting complex needs of patients
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using SystmOne

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing
  • Actively registered as fit to practice with the NMC
  • Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Independant non medical prescribing
  • Teaching qualification
  • Lymphoedema qualification

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Catherine Sayer
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07443176410
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