The Queen’s Centre is a purpose-built facility at Castle Hill Hospital that offers specialised care for oncology and haematology patients from a broad geographical area.
The successful candidate will collaborate with the team to provide comprehensive care and ensure the highest standard of patient experience.
This role is also a PROGRESSIVE BAND 5 TO BAND 6. Once competency levels for lymphoedema care are met, this role will be at a Band 6 level.
The current competencies are:
• Completion the lymphoedema rehabilitation programme to obtain British Lymphology Society Membership
• Running their own new patient clinic
• Working independently, formulating management plans and changes in treatment plan
• Working towards delivery of intensive therapies such as manual lymphatic drainage, low level light therapy and compression bandaging.
The role of the registered nurse in the lymphoedema specialist team is essential for providing ongoing support and treatment to cancer patients. You will deliver compassionate care and specialised lymphoedema management to these patients, both in inpatient and outpatient settings.
As a registered nurse, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care for individuals with lymphoedema during your shift.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our com
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Apr 2025