Lymphoedema Therapist

Job summary

Band 6 Lymphoedema Therapist, Part-time 15 hours/week (Thursday and Friday), Chelsea based. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join the Lymphoedema Service at the Royal Marsden Hospital's Chelsea site. This service delivers prophylactic advice and treatment for those at risk/who have developed lymphoedema as a result of cancer and its treatment. This post offers the opportunity to gain the experience, skills and knowledge required to help reduce the risk of lymphoedema, in addition to helping patients with developed lymphoedema to manage their swelling at all stages of their cancer journey. Lymphoedema has physical and psycho-social implications for patients and so your ability to provide practical advice and intervention to will directly help to improve quality of life. You will be an integral member of the wider multi-disciplinary team and develop positive approaches to the holistic management of cancer-related lymphoedema, learning to tailor each patient's treatment to their individual needs. You will need good communication skills to provide high quality care for individual patients and will utilise time management and organizational skills to contribute to the provision and smooth running of a high quality Lymphoedema Service. Previous lymphoedema experience is not essential and access to supervision, support and training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

To facilitate the provision of a co-ordinated, high quality service for patients with lymphoedema that is patient focused and will lead to an improved quality of life for the patient.

To contribute to an efficient and effective service for patients with lymphoedema by providing skilled care and expertise in lymphoedema management for patients who are receiving long-term advice for their lymphoedema.

To work closely with the Specialist Lymphoedema Practitioner in developing skills required for the provision of skilled care to those patients with complex swelling.

To educate patients, relatives and health care professionals concerning the management of mild, uncomplicated lymphoedema.

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

To participate in the education of students within the Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing and Rehabilitation on aspects of lymphoedema management.

To support nursing and AHP students on university placement.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.