Job summary
The Lower Limb Service Nurse Co-ordinator is an exciting role for a Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The post holder will achieve this by offering specific lower limb advice and support to patients and their care givers, with a particular focus on coordinating the lower limb care service offer in the Locality team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder, with the support of the team lead, will lead and manage the lower limb service within the Locality team and be responsible for the management of the service caseload ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families in the community.
He/she will work as part of the integrated community health care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies he/she will deliver individualised care to patients.
The Lower Limb Service Nurse Coordinator works without direct supervision and provides leadership to the community nursing team supporting the service, with the support of the team lead.
About us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary. (minimum payment of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 - Per annum, pro rata for part time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- Awareness of the content and application in practice of the NMC code of professional conduct
- Extensive range of clinical skills including assessment
- Manage, implement and evaluate complex health care needs and make recommendations
- Understand the importance of disease management and rehabilitation in the community
- Effective management of team members, planning and delegating of caseload appropriately
- An understanding of working within budgetary and resource constraints
- Aware of current policy and professional, primary and social care issues
- An understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice
- Provide statistical data and reports as required for service delivery
- Understand the need for confidentiality when relating patients condition to relatives
- Ensure all risks are assessed and appropriate action taken to eliminate any risks
- Make recommendations as necessary and improve service delivery
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration - Registered Nurse (RN)
- Nurse Prescriber/Non medical Prescriber or willing to undertake
- Post Graduate qualification in relevant field
- Mentorship Qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nursing) Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within adult services
- Experience of providing support and supervision to community team members
- Experience of facilitating groups/meetings
- Evidence of teaching and assessing individuals
- Project leadership experience
- Evidence of providing complex package pf care
- Evdience of innovations in practise
- Ability to mange staff conflict and difficult situations
- Experience of ensuring practise is evidence based
- Experience of clinical audit
Other
Essential
- To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values.
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Involvement in providing learning environment for students
- Enthusiastic approach and ability to enthuse others to develop and increase their responsibilities within the team
- Excellent role model
- Able to work flexibly and respond to changing demands in workload/environment
- Approachable
- Applicant will need to be a car driver with valid UK licence with access to vehicle for work
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- Awareness of the content and application in practice of the NMC code of professional conduct
- Extensive range of clinical skills including assessment
- Manage, implement and evaluate complex health care needs and make recommendations
- Understand the importance of disease management and rehabilitation in the community
- Effective management of team members, planning and delegating of caseload appropriately
- An understanding of working within budgetary and resource constraints
- Aware of current policy and professional, primary and social care issues
- An understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice
- Provide statistical data and reports as required for service delivery
- Understand the need for confidentiality when relating patients condition to relatives
- Ensure all risks are assessed and appropriate action taken to eliminate any risks
- Make recommendations as necessary and improve service delivery
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration - Registered Nurse (RN)
- Nurse Prescriber/Non medical Prescriber or willing to undertake
- Post Graduate qualification in relevant field
- Mentorship Qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nursing) Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within adult services
- Experience of providing support and supervision to community team members
- Experience of facilitating groups/meetings
- Evidence of teaching and assessing individuals
- Project leadership experience
- Evidence of providing complex package pf care
- Evdience of innovations in practise
- Ability to mange staff conflict and difficult situations
- Experience of ensuring practise is evidence based
- Experience of clinical audit
Other
Essential
- To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values.
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
- Involvement in providing learning environment for students
- Enthusiastic approach and ability to enthuse others to develop and increase their responsibilities within the team
- Excellent role model
- Able to work flexibly and respond to changing demands in workload/environment
- Approachable
- Applicant will need to be a car driver with valid UK licence with access to vehicle for work
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).
