Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: River Place Health Centre
Town: London
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/01/2025 23:59
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Job overview
Join Us and Make a Real Difference!
Are you a highly motivated and experienced Specialist Nurse with a passion for delivering exceptional patient care? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dedicated Lymphoedema Service, where you can make a meaningful impact on patients' lives while advancing your own career.
We are looking for a nurse with proven expertise in Lymphoedema care who is ready to:
* Inspire and collaborate with colleagues, and
* Achieve outstanding results for patients.
If you’re ready to bring your skills, passion, and commitment to our team, this role offers you the perfect platform to thrive.
Main duties of the job
* Support and assist in the management of the community Lymphoedema Service for Islington and Haringey.
* Use expert knowledge to diagnose lymphoedema and chronic oedema, identify underlying cause, implement treatment, follow-up and review treatments, promote self-management regime for patients.
* Work as an autonomous practitioner and effectively co-ordinate and deliver a highly specialised service within the field of Lymphoedema.
* Support in raising awareness of lymphoedema for all clinical staff.
* Support in delivery of training for chronic oedema prevention and management for all clinical staff across the community division.
* Facilitate audits and research within the field of lymphoedema.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered Nurse or AHP
* Evidence of nursing/ AHP related qualification to degree level.
* Specialist knowledge of Lymphoedema / Chronic oedema or wound care Management attained through training and experience.
* Teaching/assessing qualification to Postgraduate Diploma Level (Level 6) or equivalent.
* Nurse/ NMP Prescribing.
WORK RELATED KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
* Minimum 3 years clinical experience.
* Clinical experience of patients with long term conditions.
* Knowledge of chronic oedema treatment and compression therapies.
* Experience of working autonomously and within a team.
* Knowledge of Governance and Quality Improvement in health care.
* Knowledgeable of Electronic Records systems.
* Demonstrates enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
* Experience of clinical audit.
* Involved in service development and quality issues.
* Cancer/palliative care knowledge and experience.
CAPABILITIES: ways of working
* Safe practitioner with attention to detail.
* Ability to manage own work and that of others; has an organised approach to work and ability to prioritise.
* Able to work with minimal supervision in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients.
* Ability to resolve complex problems.
* Excellent team worker, with well-developed interpersonal skills.
* Strong communication skills and fluent in English written and verbal.
* Experience at networking across partnerships in primary and secondary care.
* Evidence of bringing clinical leadership.
* Experience of supervising and mentoring other health professionals.
PERSONAL APTITUDES: attitude to working
* Demonstrate evidence of own Continuing Professional Development.
* Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
* Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
* Confident, self-motivated, flexible and resourceful.
* Ability to motivate others and lead developments in the clinical area.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols.
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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