Registered Nurse or Physiotherapist to train in Lymphoedema Services

Job responsibilities

Registered Nurse or Physiotherapist to train in Lymphoedema Services

Part-time 30 hours per week

Are you an experienced, compassionate Specialist Nurse/Physiotherapist who believes in providing holistic person-centred care that is driven by What Matters? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to expand our Lymphoedema Service team and would be delighted to hear from you.

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care offers holistic care to local people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses and support for their carers through Day Hospice, Better Breathing Clinics and Bereavement and Carer support.

As an organisation, we continue to expand our services in Day Hospice, Bereavement support, Better Breathing and Lymphoedema Clinics.

We are in an exciting new phase of development, taking our services closer to peoples homes. We have a base in Poole and now have Day services in several hubs within East Dorset.

The Lymphoedema Service covers Bournemouth and surrounding areas including West Hampshire. We have newly secured Clinics at AECC University Chiropractic College in Bournemouth and continue to run clinics at our Poole base.

Due to our continued expansion we now seek a registered Nurse or allied Health Professional to join us. This is a development role to become part of a small multi-disciplinary team providing specialist care to patients who have developed or have the potential to develop lymphoedema due to cancer and/or its treatments. This role could ultimately progress to leading the Service when the existing Lead retires within the next few years.

Job Purpose

To assist in ensuring that a co-ordinated, high quality, patient focused service for patients with lymphoedema is provided, leading to an improved quality of life for the patient.

To provide skilled care and expertise in lymphoedema management for all patients referred to the lymphoedema service and to demonstrate competent clinical judgement in deciding patient focused long-range goals or plans.

To educate patients, relatives, and health care professionals on all aspects of lymphoedema management.

To demonstrate a positive and realistic attitude to the patient with cancer related lymphoedema to ensure that the physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural needs of the patient and family are met.

Job Responsibilities

To utilise research findings in the delivery of a specialist lymphoedema service and to disseminate relevant information concerning research.

To participate in the development and progression of research projects within the lymphoedema service.

Self Development

To attend the required training to fulfil the Lymphoedema Specialist role as agreed with the Senior Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist.

To participate in planned programmes of personal appraisal with the Senior Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist

To ensure personal and professional development through reflective practice and supervision.

Managing Resources

Observe and continually promote equal opportunities in compliance with LMHC policies on Equality and Diversity and Dignity at Work.

Ensure the benefits to patients are maximised through careful, economical, and appropriate use of charity resources including equipment, property, money, time, etc

Health and Safety

It is the responsibility of all staff to:

1. Take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of themselves, colleagues, patients and visitors
2. Report (without delay) any accidents, incidents, near-miss events, risks, faults or defects
3. Use all work equipment (medical devices, dangerous substances, machinery, transport, means of production, and safety equipment) in accordance with training and instructions provided
4. Not use such items or equipment unless they have received appropriate information and training

Infection Control

It is the responsibility of all Staff to:

Take individual responsibility for the prevention of infection.

Ensure high level of personal hygiene, hand hygiene in particular.

Confidentiality and Data Protection

Any matters of a confidential nature, including individual staff records must under no circumstances be divulged or made available to any unauthorised person(s).

Disclosures of confidential information or disclosures of any data of a personal nature can result in prosecution for an offence under the Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR regulations 2018, or an action for civil damages under the same Act in addition to any disciplinary action taken by the organisation which might include dismissal. You should consult your line manager if you consider that there is a need to breach such confidentiality. You are advised that throughout your employment the organisation will collate information to support Performance Management.

It is the responsibility of all staff to be aware of their obligations in respect of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the GDPR regulations 2018

Safeguarding

Lewis Manning Hospice is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all vulnerable adults, children, and young people, by taking all reasonable steps to protect them from harm. All staff will receive appropriate training and induction so that they understand their roles and responsibilities and are confident about carrying them out.

EDI

• Recognise the importance of peoples rights and act in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Support people who may need assistance enabling them to make best use of their abilities.
• Acknowledge and recognise peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices, respect diversity, value people as individuals and encourage others to do so.
• Promote a can do approach and an open and fair culture throughout the organisation.

Performance Review commitment

The organisation is committed to ensuring all staff receive an annual review, participate in the review scheme, and develop, in conjunction with their line manager an agreed personal development plan. All staff are expected to participate in the review scheme.

This is an outline job description and may be subject to change, according to the needs of the service, in consultation with the post holder. It should be taken as the current representation and consequently a job description review will automatically take place as part of the annual appraisal.

This organisation is committed a policy of equal opportunities and is a smoke free working environment.

Qualifications

Essential

• First Level RN or equivalent Allied Health Professional Qualification with at least 3 year experience

Desirable

• A working knowledge of Secondary lymphoedema
• Additional relevant courses

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care - Our Values

Essential

• We are patient centred.
• We listen to what matters.
• We are kind.
• We are accountable.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Effective communication skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to assess, plan and implement individual holistic care for patients
• Ability to work in a potentially stressful environment
• Ability to judge when decisions need to be escalated to a senior colleague
• Ability to travel within local area and to attend training courses further afield as necessary.

Desirable

• Ability to provide advice to other healthcare professionals
• Advanced Communication Skills Training course or similar
• Advance Care Planning Training

Experience

Essential

• Good experience of managing own caseload.
• Displays good communication skills with patients and significant others.
• Experience of caring for patients with all types of cancer and an awareness of treatments available to this group of patients.
• Awareness of Gold Standards Framework and Mental Capacity Act
• Responsibility to maintain Registration of Professional Registration and processes

Desirable

• Oncology experience
• Knowledge of Cancer Care Ethics
• Experience of working within a health promotion environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).