Main area: Lymphoedema
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref: 130-NMR043-0325
Employer: Swansea Bay University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lymphoedema Clinic, Singleton Hospital
Town: Swansea
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/04/2025 23:59
Welcome to Swansea Bay University Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.
Swansea Bay University Health Board reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment, and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
The post holder will support the Lymphoedema service in providing an evidence-based lymphoedema treatment for the patients of Swansea, Neath, and Port Talbot. This will include providing assessment and appropriate management strategies including Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, maintenance treatments, education, and support for patients developing lymphoedema. The service offers treatment to all lymphoedema patients regardless of cause.
The post holder will work closely with other members of the Lymphoedema Service including the community lymphoedema clinical educator and community health care professionals to proactively improve patients' knowledge on reducing the risk of lymphoedema through group sessions and devising management plans for patients with complex chronic oedemas in specified clinics.
Participation in education courses and patient support groups will be an integral part of this role as well as involvement in research, audit, evaluation, and collection of patient-reported outcome measures.
Main duties of the job
1. Responsible for clinical caseload by utilising good organisational skills and planning of clinics.
2. Assess and develop treatment plans for people who have lymphoedema in line with the All Wales Lymphoedema Clinical Pathway across SBUHB.
3. Provide treatment for people who have lymphoedema at a basic and advanced level utilising problem-solving skills.
4. Maintain accurate records in line with Health Board and professional standards.
5. Ensure patient databases (Pims and statistical databases) reflect up-to-date patient information, objective outcomes, and clinical descriptors.
6. Maintain confidentiality as per data protection and Caldicott standards.
7. Actively maintain own CPD ensuring knowledge and skills remain up to date with current best practice and research evidence.
8. The post holder will be involved in delivering and assessing the accredited Agored Cymru Lymphoedema/chronic oedema courses.
9. Contribute to data collection for the service including patient recorded outcome measures.
10. Participate in service audit, research, and evaluation.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK, we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone regardless of their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity; whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married, or in a civil partnership; or whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together, and Always Improving - show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Appropriate Degree/Diploma in registered Profession
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Lymphoedema Management Course
* Presenting/education/assessing certificate
* Completion of Chronic Oedema Key Worker Course or Community Chronic Oedema Course
* Completion of Advanced Lymphoedema Management course
Knowledge
* Good knowledge of caring for people who have a chronic disease
* Basic knowledge of what lymphoedema is and how to manage it including promoting self-management
Experience
* Experience of providing clinical supervision
* Experience of teaching other professions
* Experience of leading clinical teams
* Experience in lymphoedema/chronic oedema management
Aptitude and Abilities
* Ability to work in a team, unsupervised and alone
* Problem-solving ability
* Evidence of audit and research
* Research Methodology skills
* Ability to demonstrate advanced level of clinical skills in the field of lymphoedema/chronic oedema
Other
* Enthusiastic and motivated
* Ability to cope under pressure
* Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users' experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Board's policy-making, service delivery, and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, including age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy, and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree on a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK/RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Sian Clement-Wake
Job title: Macmillan Lymphoedema Clinical Lead SBUHB
Email address: Sian.Clement-Wake@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01792 285252
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