Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a nurse/therapist to improve the quality of life for people affected with lymphoedema/chronic oedema by joining the innovative Birmingham Lymphoedema team.
You must be highly motivated, have the ability to work unsupervised and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and leadership ability, as you will be assisting in service development within your area and education.
You will need to gain excellent skills to provide high quality care for individual patients and will utilise time management and organisational skills to contribute to the provision and smooth running of a high-quality city wide lymphoedema service.
Main duties of the job
The BCHC Lymphoedema Service covers Birmingham, Sandwell, and Solihull patients; the nurse/therapist will be required to travel and work in all areas and therefore it is important that this person is a car driver.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 or 6 nurse/therapist, with Wound care/Lymphoedema/Oncology/District/Acute nurse/therapist experience, to work in both an outpatient and community setting across 4 clinics.
A prescribing qualification would be desirable but is not essential as obtaining this qualification would form part of the role. This post offers the opportunity for a nurse/therapist to gain education, training, knowledge, and skills in lymphoedema management which can then be developed and utilised within the vast clinical setting of BCHC.
About us
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Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The nurse/therapist would be required to work closely with other members of the Lymphoedema team, become an integral member of the service and develop positive approaches to the holistic management of cancer and non-cancer related lymphoedema/chronic oedema. The nurse/therapist will be required to tailor each patients treatment to their individual needs and be responsible within the team for the development and maintenance of an effective city-wide service.
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The nurse/therapist would be required to work closely with other members of the Lymphoedema team, become an integral member of the service and develop positive approaches to the holistic management of cancer and non-cancer related lymphoedema/chronic oedema. The nurse/therapist will be required to tailor each patients treatment to their individual needs and be responsible within the team for the development and maintenance of an effective city-wide service.
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- NMC registration Degree Registered General Nurse 1st Level
- HCPC Registration Degree in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Desirable
- Supplementary Nurse Prescriber
- Practice Placement Educator ENB 998/City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualifications ENB N49/ENB N18/ENB N36, Palliative care , oncology course, lymphoedema course, TV course, community degree (2 of these are desirable) Manual Lymphatic drainage (Vodder, Casley - Smith, Leduc or Foldi)
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a qualified nurse/therapist
- Relevant experience working in one of these areas Tissue Viability, Acute sector ie.burns and plastics, oncology, Community or Lymphoedema setting
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Practice Placement Educator ENB 998/City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualifications ENB N49/ENB N18/ENB N36, Palliative care , oncology course, lymphoedema course, TV course, community degree (2 of these are desirable) Manual Lymphatic drainage (Vodder, Casley - Smith, Leduc or Foldi)
- Knowledge of up to date clinical trends and practices across all aspects of community nursing
- Knowledge of up to date clinical trends and practices in tissue viability and lymphoedema
- Knowledge of current legislative changes effecting the NHS and Social Services Knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of Professional Practice
- Knowledge and ability to undertake clinical audit and the setting of standards
- Knowledge and ability to plan and undertake lymphoedema research and examples of research undertaken
- Understanding of the needs of ethnic minority
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- NMC registration Degree Registered General Nurse 1st Level
- HCPC Registration Degree in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Desirable
- Supplementary Nurse Prescriber
- Practice Placement Educator ENB 998/City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualifications ENB N49/ENB N18/ENB N36, Palliative care , oncology course, lymphoedema course, TV course, community degree (2 of these are desirable) Manual Lymphatic drainage (Vodder, Casley - Smith, Leduc or Foldi)
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a qualified nurse/therapist
- Relevant experience working in one of these areas Tissue Viability, Acute sector ie.burns and plastics, oncology, Community or Lymphoedema setting
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Practice Placement Educator ENB 998/City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualifications ENB N49/ENB N18/ENB N36, Palliative care , oncology course, lymphoedema course, TV course, community degree (2 of these are desirable) Manual Lymphatic drainage (Vodder, Casley - Smith, Leduc or Foldi)
- Knowledge of up to date clinical trends and practices across all aspects of community nursing
- Knowledge of up to date clinical trends and practices in tissue viability and lymphoedema
- Knowledge of current legislative changes effecting the NHS and Social Services Knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of Professional Practice
- Knowledge and ability to undertake clinical audit and the setting of standards
- Knowledge and ability to plan and undertake lymphoedema research and examples of research undertaken
- Understanding of the needs of ethnic minority
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).
