Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Practitioner to join the Ambulatory Wound Care and Lymphoedema Service, delivering expert lymphoedema care across community clinics and patients' homes. The role combines wound care with lymphoedema, and offers clinical leadership.
You will manage caseloads, supervise Band 5 staff, contribute to service development, education, and audit, with training provided for lymphoedema qualification. Driving license required.
Qualifications
- Diploma/Degree in nursing / physiotherapy / occupational therapy from recognised training establishments.
- Current registration from the relevant professional body.
- Commitment to continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file.
- Certificate in lymphoedema management incorporating intensive therapy, manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), MLLB or willingness to undertake.
- Non‑Medical Prescriber or willingness to undertake.
- First line management / Leadership course at post graduate level or willingness to undertake.
- Experienced in evidence‑based practice.
- Experience supervising / managing / developing junior staff through appraisals and teaching.
- Experience at working in collaboration with other health care professionals.
- Previous experience at Specialist Band 6 level.
- Lymphoedema/Chronic Oedema and / or Leg Ulcer Management experience.
- Involvement in service development.
- Involvement in practice development, audit and research application.
Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of adult patients with lymphoedema using specialist skills and patient‑centred approach.
- Provide specialist support to AWC nurse‑led clinics and community teams.
- Prescribe per wound care formulary and ensure safe nurse prescribing.
- Support the workforce with appraisals, clinical supervision, audit, education, and development.
- Assist with planning, evaluation, and development of services and improvement projects.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team work and joint clinics and home visits.
- Deliver holistic care responsive to the patient population.
- Coordinate patient care with GPs, oncologists, surgeons and community teams.
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Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Ambulatory Wound Care and Lymphoedema Service, delivering specialist lymphoedema care. The service combines two interconnected pathways: Wound Care and specialist Lymphoedema care. We are seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 practitioner to join our team.
The post holder will support the development of the service, delivering specialist lymphoedema care providing clinical leadership, supervision and guidance to Band 5 staff. The role will ensure safe, effective, high-quality care and contribute to a responsive, patient-focused service aligned with local and national standards. Responsibilities include the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care with lymphoedema, chronic oedema and lipoedema, including those with cancer and palliative care conditions. The post holder will manage a specialist independent caseload to provide holistic care in community clinics and patients' homes. The postholder will work with a multidisciplinary team and will contribute to care delivery across primary care, community services and specialist teams. The role also includes service development, clinical governance and audit. The post holder will deliver education and training to patients, carers and healthcare professionals and promoting self-management. A recognised lymphoedema qualification is desirable; however, support will be provided for the successful candidate to undertake the relevant training and development within the role.
- To manage a caseload of adult patients with all types of Lymphoedema using specialist skills and evidence-based, patient centred approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
- To provide specialist support to the AWC nurse-led clinics and community nursing teams in Sheffield, ensuring a high standard of care in collaboration with the Tissue Viability, Vascular and Podiatry services.
- To prescribe in line with the wound care formulary and to ensure that nurse prescribing is undertaken in a safe, cost-effective and evidence-based manner.
- To provide support to the workforce with appraisals, clinical supervision, audit, education, learning and development.
- To assist with planning, evaluation, and development of services, contributing to service improvement projects.
- To participate in multidisciplinary team working and have an active role in joint clinics and home visits.
- To work to deliver comprehensive, holistic care that is responsive to the patient population.
- To contribute to the coordination of patient care alongside GP's, Oncologists, Surgeons, Specialist nurses and Community nursing teams.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
- Diploma/Degree in nursing / physiotherapy / occupational therapy from recognised training establishments.
- Current registration from the relevant professional body.
- Demonstrate commitment to continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file.
- Certificate in lymphoedema management incorporating intensive therapy, manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), MLLB or a willingness to undertake. The successful candidate will also be required to do regular updates in lymphoedema management.
- Non-Medical Prescriber or a willingness to undertake.
- First line management / Leadership course at post graduate level. Or a willingness to undertake.
- Experienced in the application of evidence-based practise.
- Experience of supervising / managing / developing junior staff through appraisals and teaching.
- Experience at working in collaboration with other health care professionals.
- Previous experience at Specialist Band 6 level.
- Lymphoedema/Chronic Oedema and / or Leg Ulcer Management experience.
- Experience of involvement in service development.
- Involvement in practice development, audit and research application.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work autonomously under pressure and priorities.
- To have highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills of motivation, explanation and reassurance to agree and gain co-operation of patients and carers in their treatment programmes.
- Organisational skills to manage yourself and other supervised staff to contribute to service delivery.
- Computer Literate with excellent written and oral presentation skills.
- Ability to pass on skills/ knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships within the team and key external teams on the patient pathway.
- Ability to understand and respect different points of view and work with people from a variety of cultures.
- To have developed coping strategies to deal with the emotional nature and demands of the work.
- Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application.
- Knowledge of the local and National priorities for Lymphoedema, NHS structures, National strategies and commissioning.
- Thorough knowledge Professional Code of Conduct.
- Ability to gain and share knowledge.
- Ability to motivate self and problem solve.
- Perceptive / visionary and versatile and with lateral thinking qualities.
- Supportive and empathic nature.
- A working knowledge of the needs of patients with lymphoedema/chronic oedema.
- A working knowledge of patients with cancer / palliative care.
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner or able to use a car for work purposes.
- Knowledge of standards and guidelines relating to lymphoedema and leg ulcer management.
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).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner • Sheffield., United Kingdom
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