Main area: Lymphoedema
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days)
Job ref: 848-BHC-267-24
Site: Caritas House
Town: Orpington
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 Inc HCAS pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 18/11/2024
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.
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 with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Job overview
Band 6 Lymphoedema Practitioner
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.
Main duties of the job
1. To promote high standards of tissue viability and chronic oedema assessment and management, acting as a role model to support best practice.
2. 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.
3. Provide specialist advice and support for staff caring for patients with chronic oedema.
4. To make and receive referrals, maintaining a high profile in the clinical area.
5. To use knowledge and skills to empower patients to self-care and make informed choices about their care.
6. To liaise with appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team and wider healthcare team to ensure co-ordination and continuity of care.
7. To ensure effective communication between patients and healthcare professionals, providing written and verbal information on all appropriate treatments and expected outcomes.
8. Work as an independent practitioner.
9. To support the Clinical Lead to manage the overarching caseloads.
10. To manage own caseload and diary ensuring timely reviews and discharges.
11. Provide up-to-date, evidence-based/best practice advice on wound assessment and management, use of dressings/pressure relieving equipment, compression garments etc.
12. To run lymphoedema clinics as part of the wider Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema team.
Person specification
Qualifications and training
* Registered Nurse or therapist (Adult) Nursing/Therapy Degree
* NMC SSSA Practice Assessor/Supervisor or equivalent
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Accredited Tissue Viability course
* Chronic oedema course
* PGDip District Nursing/Therapy
* Prescriber
* Management/leadership training
Experience
* Recent and proven experience in lymphoedema care and management
* Experience of working in a community healthcare setting
* Proven experience of healthcare professional-led clinics
* Proven experience of teaching/supervision
* 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
* 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.
* Ability to run and manage clinics
* Computer literate – competent use of Outlook, Excel/Word and PowerPoint.
* Use of own car for work
* Policy and guideline writing experience
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
* Compressed hours
* Part-time
* Job shares
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.
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