Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist

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 thrives.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 treating 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 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., + 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., + 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., + 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 develop a Lymphoedema Link Nurse system.
+ 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.
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 This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation