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Bromley Healthcare
About
Bromley Healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of community health services running services in Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich, Croydon, and Lewisham.
They put clinicians in the driving seat taking the best that the NHS has to offer, removing the bureaucracy and focusing on high-quality healthcare.
Source = www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk
Lymphoedema Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 12-Nov-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 12-Nov-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Caritas House
- Cyfeiriad
- Tregony Road
- Tref
- Orpington
- Cod post
- BR6 9XA
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £42,939 - £50,697 Inc HCAS pro rata per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Lymphoedema
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 18/11/2024
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.
Applicants for roles involving driving responsibilities will be required to provide proof of business insurance.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Band 6 Lymphoedema Practitioner
Part Time 22.5 hrs per week
£42,939 - £50,697 Inc HCAS pro rata per annum
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse or therapist to join our well established Lymphoedema Service.
The successful candidate will work within the Lymphoedema Service and will work closely with the Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Services.
You will join a small team of passionate and motivated clinicians who work closely together to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Training will be provided to develop knowledge and skills within the speciality. We will welcome applications from clinicians with a keen interest in chronic oedema assessment and management.
Proposed interview week beginning 18th November 2024
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· To promote high standards of tissue viability and chronic oedema assessment and management, acting as a role model to support best practice.
To carry out lymphoedema assessments forming differential diagnosis and establishing individual patient needs, negotiating specialist care plans and discussing the impact that they have on patients'/carers' lifestyles and wellbeing.
· Provide specialist advice and support for staff caring for patients with chronic oedema.
· To make and receive referrals, maintaining a high profile in the clinical area.
· To use knowledge and skills to empower patients to self care and make informed choices about their care.
· To liaise with appropriate members of the multi- disciplinary team and wider healthcare team to ensure co-ordination and continuity of care.
· To ensure effective communication between patients and health care professionals, providing written and verbal information on all appropriate treatments and expected outcomes.
· Work as an independent practitioner.
· To support the Clinical Lead to manage the overarching caseloads.
· To manage own caseload and diary ensuring timely reviews and discharges.
· Provide up-to-date, evidence based/best practice advice on wound assessment and management, use of dressings/ pressure relieving equipment, compression garments etc.
· To run lymphoedema clinics as part of the wider Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema team
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
To promote high standards of tissue viability and chronic oedema assessment and management, acting as a role model to support best practice. The successful candidate will support the management of the lymphoedema caseload, running clinics and assessing patients in the community setting.
See Attached JD and person spec for full description
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel.
Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
- Remote working
- Compressed hours
- Part-time
- Job shares
We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
Important Reminders:
- Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
- When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
- All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
- The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registered Nurse or therapist (Adult) Nursing/Therapy Degree
- NMC SSSA Practice Assessor/Supervisor or equivalent
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Accredited Tissue Viability course
- Accredited course in lower limb management
- Chronic oedema course
- PGDip District Nursing/Therapy
- Prescriber
- Management/leadership training
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Recent and proven experience in lymphoedema care and management
- Experience of working in a community healthcare setting
- Proven experience of health care professional led clinics
- Proven experience of teaching/supervision
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of writing policies and procedures
- Experience of leadership in a lymphoedema/ tissue viability setting
- Experience of planning and participating in audit cycles
Specific skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to produce reports and communicate complex information to a range of audiences, adjusting style as necessary.
- Caseload management skills.
- Ability to run and manage clinics
- Computer literate – competent use of Outlook, Excel/ Word and PowerPoint.
- Use or own car for work
Meini prawf dymunol
- Emis literate
- Policy and guideline writing experience
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Gill Harman
- Teitl y swydd
- Service Lead Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07917267375
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
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