Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist in LymphoedemainHatfieldinHatfieldPUBLISHED MON 3 MAR 2025
In this position, you’ll receive robust support to develop your skills, including opportunities for postgraduate training. Your role will involve assessing complex cases, creating personalised care plans, and providing specialist advice to a broader healthcare team. With pathways available for career progression to Band 7 and beyond, this is more than just a job—it’s a chance to grow in your profession while truly impacting the community. If you’re ready to take the next step in your nursing career and champion the holistic care of patients, we’d love to meet you!
This is a clinical role that aims to provide skilled care and expertise in lymphoedema management for all patients managed by the lymphoedema service within Hertfordshire and West Essex. The post holder would be expected to demonstrate competent and compassionate clinical judgement in deciding patient focused long-term goals or plans with the aim of improving quality of life for the patient with lymphoedema.
This post could offer a development opportunity and the post holder would be supported to become competent in managing lymphoedema. The post offers a fantastic opportunity to develop clinical skills and develop one to one relationships with patients supporting them to manage their long-term condition. To achieve this, the post holder would be required to undertake external training at Post Graduate level.
This is primarily a clinical role that aims to provide skilled care and expertise in lymphoedema management for all patients managed by the lymphoedema service within Hertfordshire and West Essex. The post holder would be expected to demonstrate competent and compassionate clinical judgement in deciding patient focused long-term goals or plans with the aim of improving quality of life for the patient with lymphoedema.
In addition, there would be scope for developing and delivering education and training to increase knowledge and skills in lymphoedema and chronic oedema management in Hertfordshire and West Essex. For the right person, there is a career development route to band 7 and above.
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Demonstrate the ability to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy in order to make decisions and provide advice for patients and professionals concerning the management of lymphoedema.
To receive and triage the referrals of patients with lymphoedema including complex problems and utilize advanced clinical skills to assess the patients oedema within the context of their long-term health needs
To plan and provide an individualised plan of care for the patient with lymphoedema incorporating patient focused goals and outcomes based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice and knowledge. This should include the ability to provide appropriate levels of intervention for the patient in keeping with the four cornerstones of care namely skin-care, exercise, compression and Manual Lymphatic Drainage.
Provide highly specialist lymphoedema advice and support to generalist nurses, care agencies and health professionals including doctors and consultants, to ensure high quality individualised patient care.
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