Service Lead: Lymphoedema and Leg Ulcer Service

Service Lead: Lymphoedema and Leg Ulcer Service NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Nursing & Midwifery Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (from start date) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 220-WHT-3002

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site River Place Health Centre Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 per annum inclusive of HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 28/03/:59

Job overview

The post holder will provide strategic clinical and operational leadership for the Lymphoedema and Leg Ulcer Service, ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of high-quality care across Whittington Health Community Services in Haringey and Islington.

They will serve as a clinical expert, offering specialist assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment for patients with lymphoedema and chronic oedema. A key aspect of the role will be empowering patients to engage in self-management through comprehensive education, guidance, and support.

The post holder will independently lead and manage nurse-led Lymphoedema/Chronic Oedema clinics, ensuring best practices are upheld. They will also be responsible for the development and delivery of educational programmes across Whittington Health, fostering knowledge and expertise in lymphoedema management among healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

Leadership and Management

1. Provide direct line management to specialist clinicians and teams, ensuring high standards of service delivery.
2. Oversee day-to-day operational and line management responsibilities, ensuring the workforce is effectively managed and supported.
3. Foster system-wide partnerships to improve population health outcomes related to Lymphoedema, Leg Ulcer, and Community Wounds.

Clinical Service Delivery

1. Lead the provision of highly specialized services for Lymphoedema, Leg Ulcer, and Community Wound Care.
2. Ensure service delivery is responsive to patient needs and commissioning directives.
3. Manage a complex caseload, engaging patients and carers in treatment planning and self-care education.
4. Provide both general and specialist clinical advice to patients, carers, and professionals.

Communication and Collaboration

1. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, families, carers, and the wider healthcare system.
2. Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, GPs, staff, key stakeholders, and commissioners.

Operational and Quality Assurance

1. Ensure that service delivery is clinically effective, meeting local and national guidelines.
2. Maintain oversight of equipment and resource needs, ensuring appropriate stock levels are managed and controlled.

Information Management & IT Skills

1. Be proficient in the use of Email, Microsoft Office, and relevant patient information systems.

Person specification Education/Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to specialty
• Supervisory and leadership skills training or equivalent experience
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• MSc relevant to healthcare

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Knowledge and understanding of community care legislation, NICE guidelines, policy and their implications for practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of the principal of Clinical Governance
• Able to write reports and papers
• Able to manage stressful situations
• Knowledge of types of outcome measures.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues, research and audit.
• The ability to maintain up to date clinical knowledge and skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, report writing, presentation skills, behavioural change skills
• Ability to work independently seeking supervision where appropriate
• Ability to effectively manage staff and to undertake appraisals
• Able to make decisions involving complex facts and situations, plus manage / reconcile conflict
• Exceptional analytical skills and a high level of numeracy
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage time effectively, set priorities, meet deadlines and deal with complex work pressures, demands and interruptions
• Ability to support the development of business plans and manage budgets within allocated limits
• Knowledge of diversity issues and ability to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• A forward thinking, creative and flexible approach
• Demonstrate an ability and willingness to plan and effect service changes to ensure that they are fit for purpose and demonstrate high quality and good value
• Able to anticipate and prioritise competing demands and work to deadlines
• Experience of running insight focus groups with service users
• Evidence of involvement in benchmarking, auditing and service improvement

Knowledge & Experience

• Able to apply a high level of knowledge & skills in clinical setting
• Experience in supervising staff
• Experience of teaching/ presenting to colleagues and carers
• Experience of Lymphoedema and Leg ulcer management.
• Experience in establishing or developing audit and standards including using outcome measures
• Experience of strategic planning
• Experience of training, coaching and facilitation skills
• Able to process, analyse, interpret qualitative and quantitative data
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of Information Governance, Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation
• Experience of service delivery in acute and community settings
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of running insight focus groups with service users

Other

• Commitment to working with service users, service staff and external organisations to develop high quality services

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

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.