Site Caritas House Town Orpington Salary £42,939 - £50,697 inc HCAS per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/03/2025 23:59 Interview date 19/03/2025
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. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
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, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Job overview
Lymphoedema-Tissue Viability Nurse - Band 6
Part time - 30 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema Service. The post-holder will develop knowledge and skills in both Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema as a hybrid role.
The post holder will join a small team of motivated, passionate clinicians and will work within the Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema team to provide a high quality, patient-focused service for patients presenting with Lymphoedema/chronic oedema and/or Tissue Viability issues.
This will involve active participation in complex patient assessment and management out in the community and in clinics.
The post holder will support the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and use data to manage caseloads and monitor KPIs and clinical outcomes. The post holder will support with relevant clinical audit, teaching and will be actively involved in service development.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this post.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Nurse (Adult) Nursing Degree
* NMC SSSA Practice Assessor/Supervisor or equivalent
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Current NMC registration
* Accredited Tissue Viability course
* Accredited course in Leg Ulcer Management
* Chronic oedema course
* PGDip District Nursing
* Nurse Prescriber
* Management/leadership training
Experience
* Recent and proven experience in tissue viability/lymphoedema care and management, including: wound care, leg ulceration, chronic oedema
* Experience of working in a community healthcare setting
* Proven experience of nurse 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
Skills
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider team
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to run and manage clinics
* Ability to support and participate in clinical audits
* Familiar with and understands the monitoring and achievement of KPIs in a healthcare setting
* Current UK Full, clean driving licence with daily access to a vehicle for work purposes (business class insurance will be required)
* EMIS literate.
* Policy and Guideline writing skills.
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.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
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