Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Community Physical Health Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5pm)
- Job ref
- 277-7255550-CPH
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 181 Goldie Leigh
- Town
- Welling
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pa inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/07/2025
Employer heading
Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Lymphoedema Service within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. To deliver specialist Lymphoedema services, including initial assessments, treatments and follow-ups in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust locations working as part of a small specialised team.
Main duties of the job
- The Post Holder will work within a small team delivering Lymphoedema treatment/management taking into account Local, Regional and National Policy direction in line with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- To provide a fully comprehensive service, including initial assessment, intensive treatment packages and follow-ups
- To deliver an efficient and effective service for patients according to best and evidence-based practice and utilising appropriate software
- To raise awareness of the condition and the service
- Adhere to excellent standards of care within the Lymphoedema Service
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide the highest standard of evidence-based care for people affected by chronic oedema; both primary and secondary Lymphoedema
- Must have some experience and knowledge of Lymphoedema management.
- To undertake assessment, treatment, and management of own caseload of service users
- To demonstrate the required skills including assessment of the physical, psychological, psychosocial, and environmental needs of the service user and liaising appropriately with the Lead Lymphoedema Practitioner where appropriate
- To demonstrate an enhanced level of knowledge expertise in the planning and implementation of management programmes including intensive treatment programmes and self-management techniques
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records in relation to the legal implications and the organisational requirements
- To evaluate and monitor a service user’s response to treatment and adapt management programmes accordingly.
- To monitor clinical effectiveness against best practice and research
- To promote the health of service users and assist in the prevention of secondary complications for people with Lymphoedema, through enabling and encouraging independence, provision of support, facilitation of advice and information, provision of equipment, education, and training.
- To provide prompt assessment and management of Lymphoedema at the end of life
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered first /second level nurse or allied health professional
- Lymphoedema/ Chronic Oedema qualification or equivalent course
- Minimum 6 months post registration experience
- Experience of supervising junior staff and/or students
- Computer literate/Good computer skills
- Experience working in a community setting
- Experience and knowledge of Lymphoedema management
- Car driver
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a community setting
- Experience and knowledge of Lymphoedema management
- Specialist knowledge of Lymphoedema
- Supporting patients with advancing or palliative diseases
Essential
Essential criteria
- Approachable and adaptable to the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Experience
Essential
Essential criteria
- Computer literate/Good computer skills
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate/Good computer skills
Essential
Essential criteria
- Regular moderate physical exertion and manual dexterity required to carry out all aspects of Lymphoedema management including compression bandaging
Desirable criteria
- Approachable and adaptable to the needs of the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christina Cordovana
- Job title
- Lead Lymphoedema Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3319 7623
- Additional information
Alternative contact:
Victoria Rawlins
02083197014
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