Band 6 Lymphoedema Nurse - Secondment Post | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Enfield, N9 7HD |
| Company: | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6216874/393-NMUH-1340 |
Summary
Lymphoedema Band 6 secondment post for 6 months working in the Enfield Lymphoedema Service through Enfield Community Services (internal applicants only).
An exciting oppurtunity for a nurse to develop their skills in the management of lymphoedema.
The role of a lymphoedema practitoner is key to making a difference to those living with this long term condtion. Our service aims are to improve our patients wellbeing both physically and psychologically. Supporting patients to learn to self manage their condtion.
What our team says about working in Enfield lymphoedema serice:
"lymphoedema is a poorly understood condtion, my past experinces in community nursing and cancer nursing led me to lymphoedema, I am passionate about treating patients with a long term condtion, and helping them to manage their condtions"
"I was previously working in the community and leg ulcer clinic. There are many patients with the need for lower limb care and lymphoedema has given me this oppurtunity to expand my knoweledge and become an expert"
"Working monday to friday, allows me the oppurtunity spend more time with my family, giving me a good working life balance"
This a clinical role, the post holder will assist in the daily running of the lymphoedema service, working in clinic and community settings. They will have the opportunity to develop their skills in the management of lymphoedema, chronic oedema and lipoedema.
The post holder would be expected to demonstrate competent and compassionate clinical judgement in deciding on patient focused long-term goals, with the aim of improving quality of life for the patient with lymphoedema or chronic oedema. To carry a clinical caseload, working to a high professional standard, using clinical and theoretical knowledge and skills to work as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated record keeping via RIO. To work as a team player in a small team and learn the specialized skills, to further their knowledge in lymphoedema management.
The post offers a fantastic opportunity to develop clinical skills and develop one to one relationship with patients supporting them to manage their long-term conditions.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Main duties and clinical reponsibilties:
1.1: To aid the lymphoedema team in the provision of community lymphoedema services across Enfield.
1.2: To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own professional practice in line with the standards of the trust, Division and Nursing and Midwifery Council/ professional regulator.
1.3: To work closely with all members of the lymphoedema Service to develop their skills and become able to manage uncomplicated lymphoedema patients.
1.4: To work as a key worker for patients, to assess and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload, ensuring patients have consented to therapy and treatment.
1.5: To utilize advanced clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based knowledge to assess patients holistically and then to implement lymphoedema management plan as appropriate
1.6: To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, coordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
1.7: To provide spontaneous specialist lymphoedema advice, face to face and/or via the telephone
1.8: To provide educative information and instruction to the patient, relatives, carers, and healthcare professionals to promote understanding of the aims of therapy/ treatment intervention or non-intervention.
1.9: To create with patients’ self-management care plans and encourage compliance with self-care
2.0: To be available and provide specialist advice to health care professionals from within the Trust.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024
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