Client:
Teesside Hospice Location:
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom Job Category:
Other EU work permit required:
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25.01.2025 Expiry Date:
11.03.2025 Job Description:
Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Lymphoedema Clinical Lead to join our dedicated team at Teesside Hospice. This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families, working within a supportive, patient-centered environment. The purpose of the role is to lead a nurse-led service providing specialist advice and treatment regarding lymphoedema treatment and management. We provide skilled specialist care and expertise in Lymphoedema management for all patients managed by the service across Tees Valley and North Yorkshire. If you're friendly, reliable, and eager to contribute to our cause, we'd love to have you join our team! Main Duties of the Job To lead a nurse-led service providing specialist advice and treatment regarding lymphoedema treatment and management. To lead the provision of skilled specialist care and expertise in lymphoedema management for all patients managed by the service across Tees Valley and North Yorkshire. To function effectively as an autonomous practitioner, working independently within the lymphoedema team. Provide education and training on the management of lymphoedema and chronic oedema to a wide range of professional staff within the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire area. To ensure a high-quality coordinated service is delivered, requiring engagement with business planning, resource and budget management, and reviewing clinical outcomes within the service. Promote, lead and participate in audit and quality improvement. About Us We are changing lives across Teesside by supporting people and families who have been affected by a terminal illness. We support around 3,000 people in Tees Valley, primarily in Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland. We help them make the most of every day, ensuring they receive the best possible care by creating experiences and memories that last a lifetime. Everybody gets treated as an individual, whether it’s physical, mental, or emotional support they need from us. We support people to stay as independent as possible for as long as possible. We bring people together—from patients, family, and friends to our clinical team, counsellors, staff, volunteers, and our fundraisers. We make sure that everyone gets to live well until the very end. It costs us around £17,000 each day to run all our services, which include: a 10-bed Inpatient Unit, Wellbeing Centre, Outreach, Bereavement services for Adults and Children, and a lymphoedema Clinic. Job Responsibilities Demonstrate the ability to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy. Make decisions and provide advice for patients and professionals concerning the management of lymphoedema. Oversee the triage of patient referrals with lymphoedema including complex problems and utilize advanced clinical skills to assess patients within the context of their long-term health needs. Plan and provide an individualized plan of care for patients with lymphoedema incorporating patient-focused goals and outcomes based on evidence-based practice. Assess the psychological impact of lymphoedema and plan care interventions to enable patients to live well with their condition. Lead a highly specialist lymphoedema service providing advice and support to generalist nurses, care agencies, and health professionals to ensure high-quality individualized patient care. Operational Delivery Monitor and manage the waiting lists effectively, utilizing team resources efficiently. Assess, report, and manage any risk, clinical and non-clinical, for the benefit of self, colleagues, and patients. Be competent in the use of Email, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, and SystemOne. Effectively organize own and the team's clinical workload in accordance with service needs and requirements. Skills & Abilities Essential:
Ability to deal with highly sensitive and complex information. Ability to appraise complex situations and facts and take appropriate action. Ability to use own initiative and take responsibility. Computer literate. Good organizational and time management skills. Motivate self and others. Qualifications Essential:
Registered adult nurse or allied HCP. Qualification in lymphoedema management. Evidence of significant experience in lymphoedema. Willingness to undertake further academic or practical study at a higher level for a Master's degree. Teaching qualification.
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