Clinical Specialist Lymphoedema Therapist

Job summary

The Derby Lymphoedema Service is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic new team member. The Service covers Derby Hospitals, Kings Mill Hospital and Nottingham Hospitals (this clinic is based at Long Eaton Health Centre)The Lymphoedema Service is multidisciplinary and the new team member can be a Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist. Each of our three teams currently consists of a band 7 Team Leader/Clinical Specialist Nurse, band 6 Clinical Specialist Nurses/Therapists, Support Workers and administrators.

Currently all three of the clinics is open Monday to Friday with varying daytime working hours.The Service offers outpatient treatments to adults and children with varying causes of oedema, including primary and secondary lymphoedema, lymphovenous oedema and lipoedema.

Previous experience in treating chronic oedema is preferred but not essential. A good understanding of compression hosiery, indications of use and the ability to apply both short stretch and long stretch compression bandaging is also advantageous.

Main duties of the job

The Lymphoedema Clinical Specialist supports new and existing patients in managing their oedema. You will be part of the multi disciplinary team assessing and diagnosing people who are new to the clinic and formulating treatment plans. You will have your own caseload of patients to support and follow up.

You will part of the team undertaking intensive lymphoedema treatment, providing courses of multi layer lymphoedema bandaging and courses of manual lymphatic drainage.

Work with other Health Care Professionals who are also supporting our patients to enhance patient care.

Attend MDT and specialist clinics undertaken by the team.

Closing date of applications: 10 August 2023

Interview date: 24 August 2023

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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