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Location
Leeds | United Kingdom
Job description
JOB PURPOSE The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care. The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources. JOB DIMENSIONS Current services comprise approximately 1000 adult patients within The Lymphoedema Service across the 2 Hospital sites. We see patients with both cancer related lymphoedema and non-cancer related. We also have 54 Children and are a Regional Paediatric Lymphoedema service. We receive around 40 new adult referrals a month from a broad range of specialities from within Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust including breast , gynaecology, melanoma, urology, head and neck to name a few, Referrals are also accepted from the community. The post holder will work within a team of Nurse Specialists ORGANISATIONAL CHART - to be attached by clinical area Matron/Lead Cancer Nurse I Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader (Adult) I Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist (This Post) I Assistant Clinical Support /Advanced Clinical Support Workers I Lymphoedema Secretary / Lymphoedema Admin Support KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Qualifications Registered Nurse (Level 1) Recognised teaching/assessing qualification Post registration qualification in specialty Experience Post registration experience within a relevant specialty area during which time the following experience should have been gained: Clinical audit and standard setting Service development and or change management (desirable) Skills Communication Teaching Leadership IT skills Knowledge Experience and knowledge of specialty Current issues in healthcare Standards of professional practice Personal Attributes Excellent interpersonal skills Innovator Motivator Assertiveness Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
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Salary
£35.39k - £42.62k per annum
