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Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Posted 2 days 12 hours ago by Whittington Health

Permanent

Not Specified

Public Sector Jobs

London, United Kingdom

Job Description

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust

Employer type NHS

Site River Place Health Centre

Town London

Salary £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period Yearly

Closing 15/04/:59

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19. We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers - North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Job overview Join us and make a difference! This is an exciting and innovating opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced specialist nurse to lead, drive and develop the Lymphoedema service so it will thrive. We are looking for a nurse with experience in this field who really wants to join us to make a difference for our patients, but also wants to progress their own career.

You will be providing expert knowledge and clinical oversight to our colleagues and junior nursing team to provide expert care and be passionate about role modelling and teaching evidence-based care whilst also caring for your own case load.

As our expert Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist you will be working with many different teams and professions sharing your knowledge and learning from others.

We are a highly motivated team we are very proud of the service which we provide. We are committed to providing support and opportunities to develop your expertise and extend your knowledge enabling you to advance as a specialist practitioner. You will be part of a progressive and dynamic multidisciplinary team that cares, supports and challenges to bring about improvement.

The position will be eligible for a golden handshake, enhancing the overall compensation package. This one-time financial incentive reflects the organization's commitment to attracting and retaining highly qualified and experienced individuals in this leadership role within Whittington Health community Services in Haringey and Islington.

Main duties of the job CLINICAL PRACTICE

Work autonomously managing own caseload and nurse led community clinics.
Assess patients referred to the Lymphoedema service holistically, using a range of different assessment methods and reach valid, reliable, and comprehensive patient centred conclusions, which manage risk and are appropriate to their need, context, culture, and ethnicity.
Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care for patients referred to the Lymphoedema service in conjunction with referrer.
Provide clinical advice in accordance with current evidence and best practice guidelines.

MANAGERIAL

Directly manage the Lymphoedema team and service, completing appraisals and PDP for all team members including administration staff, providing support and guidance in professional development.
Monitor and manage sickness and absence in accordance with Whittington Health guidelines.
Manage referrals and priorities in accordance with referrer's information, ensuring we achieve waiting time targets.
To collect, collate and report on service activities including outcomes data.

Although comprehensive, the duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are not definitive and you may be required to perform other duties at the request of the Manager for lymphoedema, leg ulcer and Tissue Viability services.

Working for our organisation Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities CLINICAL PRACTICE

Work autonomously managing own caseload and nurse led community clinics.
Assess patients referred to the Lymphoedema service holistically, using a range of different assessment methods and reach valid, reliable, and comprehensive patient centred conclusions, which manage risk and are appropriate to their need, context, culture, and ethnicity.
Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care for patients referred to the Lymphoedema service in conjunction with referrer.
Provide clinical advice in accordance with current evidence and best practice guidelines.
Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and well-being and promote independence where appropriate.
To promote and deliver advanced nursing practice in relation to planning and delivery of individualised patient care based on best practice in all aspects of lymphoedema.
To ensure that all advice provided is evidence based and in line with Trust, Lymphoedema service and national policies and guidelines.
To provide and promote clear, concise, and specific documentation in relation to Lymphoedema issues, using Rio.
Provide accurate, concise written and verbal information to all stakeholders.
To support district and community nursing teams, practice nurses and others in the Trust with the implementation of cellulitis guidelines, enabling them to initiate appropriate local treatments.
To participate in Lymphoedema interest groups.
To be accountable for one's own professional practice and professional development and ensure registration and compliance with the NMC and the Code of Professional Conduct, and actively participate in clinical supervision.
To manage a lymphoedema service that will work closely with the leg ulcer clinic as follows:
Supporting lymphoedema patients within the leg ulcer clinic caseload.
Supporting lymphoedema linked nurses and other nurses within the leg ulcer clinic team that will cover the lymphoedema service during staff shortages.
Supporting lower limb pathway within leg ulcer and lymphoedema services.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

To be pro-active in creating and promoting a supportive learning environment that embraces a culture of evidence and research-based practice.
To plan the development, co-ordination and delivery of practice-based education and training in a variety of settings to different disciplines and levels of staff to facilitate the implementation of best practice.
To monitor staff's learning needs in relation to Lymphoedema/chronic oedema and develop, a programme of education and skill development to meet identified needs.
To facilitate the development of lymphoedema study.
To maintain effective links between practice, management, and education.
To participate in mandatory training and service training programmes, and clinical supervision.
Develop effective communication networks with other health professionals across both primary and secondary care.
To promote patient/carer independence through the provision of relevant teaching and support.

RESEARCH AND AUDIT

To co-ordinate and undertake clinical audit and research projects.
To facilitate the implementation of clinical governance through the implementation of evidence/research-based guidelines, education, and audit.
Facilitate the dissemination of appropriate research findings to the clinicians within the Trust.

MANAGERIAL

Directly manage the Lymphoedema team and service, completing appraisals and PDP for all team members including administration staff, providing support and guidance in professional development.
Monitor and manage sickness and absence in accordance with Whittington Health guidelines.
Manage referrals and priorities in accordance with referrer's information, ensuring we achieve waiting time targets.
To collect, collate and report on service activities including outcomes data.
Co-ordinate the development of nursing policies, procedures and patient information relating to Lymphoedema care.

Person specification Education / Qualifications