Job summary
- Main area
- Lymphoedema
- Grade
- NHs AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR200-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lymphoedema Assistant Practitioner
NHs AfC: Band 4
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If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
We are currently looking for a Lymphoedema assistant practitioner to join our team to assist in treating patients living with Lymphoedema in the East Suffolk region.
You will be expected to be clinic based at Ipswich hospital and also lead group work for patients living with Lymphoedema to support them to live a longer and fuller life. There are exciting opportunities to develop a new self-management workshop for Lymphoedema and you will be heavily involved in developing this with support from senior colleagues.
The Lymphoedema Clinic sees patients with persistent swelling due to cancer and non-cancer related conditions to offer advice, support and treatment to manage their condition.
With training and competencies, you will support the Lymphoedema practitioners with simple measuring for compression garments, fitting of garments and providing advice on Lymphoedema management.
Within this role we also have the exciting involvement in the rehabilitation of breast cancer patients by running the post op breast cancer group where you will have a positive involvement on educating patients on exercises and self-management post breast cancer surgeries to ensure full shoulder range of movement.
Main duties of the job
- Complete the delivery of specific skilled work to assist the lymphoedema specialists in the treatment of patients with Lymphoedema. You will be supported by Lymphoedema Specialists but will be required to work independently within competencies. This includes autonomously implementing prescribed plans of care under minimal indirect supervision to patients requiring assessment and intervention, assessing the effectiveness of the care provided reporting any issues to the relevant member of the lymphoedema service.
- You will also be involved in leading a face to face exercise group for post op breast cancer patients to enable them to increase their range of movement and overall function to prepare them for upcoming cancer treatment. You will use a person-centred approach in the planning, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of breast care patients and have some autonomy in developing the group further including the implantation of virtual aspects of care.
- Lead a face to face education self-management support group for Lymphoedema patients to enable best self-management. You will use a person-centred approach in the planning, implementation, evaluation of the group work and have some autonomy in developing the group further including the implantation of virtual aspects of care.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths
- • NVQ level 2 in health and social care
Desirable criteria
- • NVQ level 3 in health and social care
- • Lymphoedema Clinical Support Worker qualification
- • Evidence of training in lower limb care (external or internal to ESNEFT)
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Relevant experience in healthcare to understand the MDT approach required to provide patients with holistic care.
- • Be able to assist and advise the patient to maintain their skin integrity and prevent breakdown / infections.
- • Proven years’ experience as a Band 3 working within a healthcare setting
- • Evidence of providing complex care to adult patients.
Desirable criteria
- • Proven experience of working in speciality area
- • Previous experience in lymphoedema management
- • Experience working in a leg ulcer clinic setting
- • Extended knowledge/ qualification in wound care /lower limb care/ lymphoedema
- • Competent in compression bandaging ( Actico/ KTWO systems).
- • Experience of carrying out Dopplers using automated devices.
- • Extended understanding of compression therapy
- • Previous experience in lower limb management
- • Previous experience in wound care management
- • Previous experience of applying compression hosiery
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of lymphoedema management
- • Appropriate IT skills to be able to appropriately document patients notes.
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of wet legs / wound care and the national guidance that informs best practice.
- • Knowledge of SystmOne notes system
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
- • Ability to work both in patients own homes and in a clinic setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Pearce
- Job title
- Lymphoedema Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 704 033
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