Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner
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Job Opportunity: Ambulatory Wound Care and Lymphoedema Service
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.
About the Role
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
- Assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care with lymphoedema, chronic oedema and lipoedema, including those with cancer and palliative care conditions.
- Manage a specialist independent caseload to provide holistic care in community clinics and patients’ homes.
- Work with a multidisciplinary team and contribute to care delivery across primary care, community services and specialist teams.
- Service development, clinical governance and audit.
- Deliver education and training to patients, carers and healthcare professionals and promoting self-management.
- Prescribe in line with the wound care formulary and ensure nurse prescribing is safe, cost-effective and evidence-based.
- Support the workforce with appraisals, clinical supervision, audit, education, learning and development.
- Assist with planning, evaluation, and development of services, contributing to service improvement projects.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team working and have an active role in joint clinics and home visits.
- Work to deliver comprehensive, holistic care that is responsive to the patient population.
- Contribute to the coordination of patient care alongside GP’s, Oncologists, Surgeons, Specialist nurses and Community nursing teams.
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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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Siobhan Roberts
- Job title: Ambulatory Wound Care Team Leader
- Email address: siobhanroberts@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07817 082 735
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