Job summary
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 37.5 hours per week but will consider part time hours.
Gloucestershire Lymphoedema Service is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Registered Nurse, HCPC Occupational Therapist or HCPC Physiotherapist to join our small, well established Lymphoedema Team. The vacancy is for a Lymphoedema Practitioner Band 6 or Development Lymphoedema Practitioner Band5/6, depending on level of experience.
Training, support and mentorship will be provided to help you to develop skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver high quality care at a specialist level, and the successful candidate will be expected to undertake the Lymphoedema Training Academy (LTA) Course.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will be responsible, along with the current team, in developing the service, providing specialist assessment, support and treatment for service users and will work both autonomously and collaboratively with the team and other multi professional teams to ensure practice is efficient , effective and evidence based.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Provision of care for patients with primary and secondary Lymphoedema within all care institutions, including the patients home, across the county.
- Promote and behave consistently with the Trust values and promote these on a daily basis.
- Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
- Provide advice, education and support to patients with Lymphoedema or Lipoedema to aid self-management.
- Liaise with a variety of teams including healthcare, social care, voluntary and the independent sector, to ensure access to appropriate services.
- Provide education to patients and healthcare professionals within multidisciplinary teams.
- Always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and act as a role model to colleagues.
- Participate in research studies and audits which are appropriate for the role.
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Provision of care for patients with primary and secondary Lymphoedema within all care institutions, including the patients home, across the county.
- Promote and behave consistently with the Trust values and promote these on a daily basis.
- Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
- Provide advice, education and support to patients with Lymphoedema or Lipoedema to aid self-management.
- Liaise with a variety of teams including healthcare, social care, voluntary and the independent sector, to ensure access to appropriate services.
- Provide education to patients and healthcare professionals within multidisciplinary teams.
- Always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and act as a role model to colleagues.
- Participate in research studies and audits which are appropriate for the role.
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration OR HCPC registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
- Educated to a degree level in registered profession
Desirable
- Specialist accredited Lymphoedema training or willing to undertake this
- Evidence of post registration learning
- Formal teaching and assessing course or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of clients with long term conditions
- Experience of working within community setting
- Extensive experience of assessing, treating and managing patients' problems with rational and evidence-based treatment plans
- Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector
- Experience of working autonomously
Desirable
- Previous experience of working with people with Lymphoedema
- Teaching and/or presentation experience
- Previous experience of working in Oncology or Vascular
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration OR HCPC registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
- Educated to a degree level in registered profession
Desirable
- Specialist accredited Lymphoedema training or willing to undertake this
- Evidence of post registration learning
- Formal teaching and assessing course or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of clients with long term conditions
- Experience of working within community setting
- Extensive experience of assessing, treating and managing patients' problems with rational and evidence-based treatment plans
- Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector
- Experience of working autonomously
Desirable
- Previous experience of working with people with Lymphoedema
- Teaching and/or presentation experience
- Previous experience of working in Oncology or Vascular
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
