Job summary
Specialist nursing and therapy
roles are critical to the successful delivery of care within Accelerate. The
organisation has a strong and determined focus on the core mission which is to
impact on and make a difference to the lives of those communities we serve,
individuals living with wounds and/or lymphoedema.
The expectation is that the Clinical
Lead for Lymphoedema will lever their passion for their speciality and
their expert skills in the care and management of complex patients for the
delivery of excellent outcomes for their patients and commissioners. It is also
anticipated that the post holder will bring better understanding to the
principles of patient flow, clinical systems and their organisation and staff
effectiveness and efficiency. Being an inspirational leader for a team is
critical to the success of a service. You will bring creative thinking and
innovation to complex issues, utilising expert skills, risk management and
insight in order to effectively manage a variety of situations borne out of
complex psychosocial, medical or organisational need. Knowledge about the
health of your population and inherent inequalities should assist your contribution
to the development of your service and the mission of Accelerate. The ability
to grasp the principles of clinical leadership, understand partnership working
across a health economy and demonstrate a solution driven mentality are
essentials of this role.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Lead is considered
the expert and will take ownership for the operational delivery of the clinical
service in the Centre of Excellence and Innovation; with an ability to take a
population health view rather than a pure individual focus. The post holder
will lead their team to deliver excellent clinical care alongside the
management of risk and successful deployment of the teams resources. This role
is designed to enable the post holder to take full end to end responsibility
for the delivery of the outcomes and indicators for a defined contractual
business area. Clinical and operational delivery remains core to this role; the
post holder is accountable to the Director of Clinical services for the
management of the key performance targets.
Working collaboratively with the
Director of Clinical Services for Lymphoedema to maintain high quality wound
care with a focus on extending reach to our patient cohort outside of our
current geographical boundaries.
About us
Accelerate is an award-winning healthcare social enterprise
that works within the NHS to transform the lives of patients with chronic
wounds and lymphoedema. Were passionate about delivering exceptional patient
care. We listen, we consult, we analyse and we care deeply about the people we
are responsible for.
We work at all stages of need from early
identification to the most complex of case and in partnership with others. We
work in London and further afield and its in the realisation of this
expansion that your experience could be invaluable.
We have made remarkable strides in our short history and we
are deeply committed to upholding our values and uncompromising standards. We
understand our responsibilities and we take enormous pride in the positive
differences we are making to our patients lives. We have shown that we can
make those lives better when all else has failed.
Accelerate is an exciting place to work and develop. We provide exceptional care to our patients which makes a great environment for staff development.
Job advert closed 19.08.25
Shortlisting 20.08.25
In-person interviews 03.09.25
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Clinical Lead for the Lymphoedema Team will manage all
aspects of clinical delivery in the local health populations. Providing the
delivery and the ongoing development for the lymphoedema services and the
population it serves.Specifically, this requires focus on:
- The continual
improvement of the patient pathway
- Delivery of a
population based lymphoedema service; whilst this may primarily focus on lower
limb lymphoedema/chronic oedema, this expertise and prompt management to
include all aetiologies of lymphoedema and lipoedema
- Identification
of and proactive clinical management for all Lymphoedema and specifically those
that present with complexity and risk
- Proactive
surveillance of outcomes in relation to timelines to care, prioritisation
activity and clinical performance within contract parameters.
- Interface with
programme manager to ensure efficient and effective use of the local dressing
optimisation scheme and compression garment spend within the services
- Development and
mentoring of the Lymphoedema team
- Optimising service resources in conjunction with the Clinical Lead for Wound Care in relation to lower limb management
Additional responsibilities focus on:-
- Analysis of
footfall of patients within the lymphoedema team in order to stratify and
identify effective use of resources in line with the aligned contract
- Deliver
analysis of clinical outcomes in relation to lymphoedema
- Proactive engagement with service partners to continually improve the patient pathway
- Support the lymphoedema-related education programme collaboratively with the Clinical Lead for Wound Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Clinical Lead for the Lymphoedema Team will manage all
aspects of clinical delivery in the local health populations. Providing the
delivery and the ongoing development for the lymphoedema services and the
population it serves.Specifically, this requires focus on:
- The continual
improvement of the patient pathway
- Delivery of a
population based lymphoedema service; whilst this may primarily focus on lower
limb lymphoedema/chronic oedema, this expertise and prompt management to
include all aetiologies of lymphoedema and lipoedema
- Identification
of and proactive clinical management for all Lymphoedema and specifically those
that present with complexity and risk
- Proactive
surveillance of outcomes in relation to timelines to care, prioritisation
activity and clinical performance within contract parameters.
- Interface with
programme manager to ensure efficient and effective use of the local dressing
optimisation scheme and compression garment spend within the services
- Development and
mentoring of the Lymphoedema team
- Optimising service resources in conjunction with the Clinical Lead for Wound Care in relation to lower limb management
Additional responsibilities focus on:-
- Analysis of
footfall of patients within the lymphoedema team in order to stratify and
identify effective use of resources in line with the aligned contract
- Deliver
analysis of clinical outcomes in relation to lymphoedema
- Proactive engagement with service partners to continually improve the patient pathway
- Support the lymphoedema-related education programme collaboratively with the Clinical Lead for Wound Care
Person Specification
Personal Attributes & Aptitudes
Essential
- Professional behaviour with good customer service skills
- Evidence of being a reflective practitioner that delivers both insight and personal growth
- Safe practitioner with attention to detail
- Organised approach to work, ability to prioritise, good time management
- Strong communication skills and fluent in English, written and verbal
- Flexibility in approach to work and understands team working
- Willingness to learn and implement new ideas, be creative and have the desire to progress with professional development
- Commitment to facilitating learning in others
Circumstances
Essential
- Holds valid UK work permit
- Holds current drivers licence and is able and willing to drive
Desirable
- Access to private transport
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years' nursing experience as a Lymphoedema Specialist.
- Community nursing experience
- Complex leg ulcer related caseload responsibility
- Expert in compression therapy and theory
- Experience of working autonomously and in service development
- Experience of implementing Quality Improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of risk management
- Experience of teaching in variety of settings
- Line Management responsibility
- Delivery of clinical audit
Desirable
- Publication
- Designed training packages
- Multidisciplinary working
Skills
Essential
- Clinical Leadership
- Able to work with minimal supervision in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for patients
- Experience of supervising and mentoring other health professionals
- Experience of managing conflict within teams and patient delivery
Desirable
- Experience of implementing root cause analysis
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse or Physiotherapist
- Current NMC Registration or equivalent
- University degree demonstrating specialist knowledge and/or Masters
- Lymphoedema Course
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing course
- Prescribing course
Person Specification
Personal Attributes & Aptitudes
Essential
- Professional behaviour with good customer service skills
- Evidence of being a reflective practitioner that delivers both insight and personal growth
- Safe practitioner with attention to detail
- Organised approach to work, ability to prioritise, good time management
- Strong communication skills and fluent in English, written and verbal
- Flexibility in approach to work and understands team working
- Willingness to learn and implement new ideas, be creative and have the desire to progress with professional development
- Commitment to facilitating learning in others
Circumstances
Essential
- Holds valid UK work permit
- Holds current drivers licence and is able and willing to drive
Desirable
- Access to private transport
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years' nursing experience as a Lymphoedema Specialist.
- Community nursing experience
- Complex leg ulcer related caseload responsibility
- Expert in compression therapy and theory
- Experience of working autonomously and in service development
- Experience of implementing Quality Improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of risk management
- Experience of teaching in variety of settings
- Line Management responsibility
- Delivery of clinical audit
Desirable
- Publication
- Designed training packages
- Multidisciplinary working
Skills
Essential
- Clinical Leadership
- Able to work with minimal supervision in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for patients
- Experience of supervising and mentoring other health professionals
- Experience of managing conflict within teams and patient delivery
Desirable
- Experience of implementing root cause analysis
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse or Physiotherapist
- Current NMC Registration or equivalent
- University degree demonstrating specialist knowledge and/or Masters
- Lymphoedema Course
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing course
- Prescribing course
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
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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).
