Lymphoedema Clinical Support Worker (Band 4)
Join a team making a meaningful difference to patients living with complex lymphoedema.
Our service will consist of a Senior Lymphoedema Specialist Nurse, a Lymphoedema Specialist Nurse, and a Lymphoedema Clinical Support Worker. Together, the team provides handson treatment and personalised support for patients with more complex needs, including those with cancerrelated and palliative lymphoedema. We also play a key role in advising and delivering formal education to local healthcare support workers, helping them care effectively for patients with mild to moderate lymphoedema.
Main duties of the job
* Deliver daytoday clinical care and treatment to patients with primary, secondary, and palliative lymphoedema in clinics and patients homes, under the supervision of Lymphoedema Specialist Nurses.
* Manage your own caseload, providing specialist assessments, interventions, and treatment plans - including hosiery provision, measurements, limb calculations, simple lymphatic drainage, and bandaging - within your level of competency.
* Monitor patient progress and communicate effectively with the wider lymphoedema team.
* Support the development of simple care plans that consider patients physical, psychological, spiritual, and educational needs.
* Maintain stock levels and contribute to accurate clinical documentation in line with policy.
* Assist Lymphoedema Specialist Nurses in delivering training and education to other healthcare professionals.
* Participate in audit activity and data collection to support service improvement.
* Support new colleagues and students and work collaboratively across the multidisciplinary team.
* Take responsibility for your own learning and professional development, identifying training needs and maintaining uptodate lymphoedema skills.
* Promote and raise awareness of the lymphoedema service within the organisation and with external partners.
* Ensure effective communication and referral processes to support smooth transitions of care for patients.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job responsibilities
As a Band 4 Lymphoedema Clinical Support Worker, you will be part of our valued team in our Lymphoedema Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* £26,712 - £29,494.50 FTE with access to our group pension
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
* Level 2/3 qualification in Health and Social Care
* Experience working in a community healthcare setting
* UK driving licence
* Experience working with lymphoedema
* Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner qualification
Person Specification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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