Community Lymphoedema Nurse

Would you like the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in Community Lymphoedema Management?

As an experienced community nurse you may well have managed people with a variety lower limb conditions, including lymphoedema and wounds. Bringing your experience to this role is critical; you will need creativity and compassion and want to develop and flourish within a team environment.

At Accelerate you really are given time to develop and time to care properly for your patient. This will mean you will have the professional success that you seek as a clinician and to see the change you have brought to the lives of your patients.

You will be a nurse who is looking for the next stage of their career. Your inherent interest and passion is important, skills can be taught; you will be keen to develop your knowledge for the benefit of your patient and team. You will have a special interest in people with lymphoedema and hard to heal wounds and a keen interest in compression therapy.

You will bring a positive "can do" mentality, being a person who is creative and solution focussed is critical and supports the whole team. You will enjoy teamwork and autonomy to ensure the key deliverables of this exciting role are completed and you develop.

Respect and confidentiality will underpin the role, alongside integrity and the ability to manage challenging situations. Being proactive and organised with excellent attention to detail are essential.

Accelerate CIC is an independent not-for-profit award-winning community interest company (CIC) delivering community focussed wound and lymphoedema services to Tower Hamlets, City & Hackney and across London. We deliver NHS services. As a social enterprise we have greater control of our working environment and team ownership that benefits patients and staff alike. If we see something that needs to be changed, we do it!

We can and do bring change!

Our mission is to make a tangible difference to people's lives and we are doing this daily, reaching more complex wound and lymphoedema patients every year. We are a team full of energy and drive, we are so proud of all that we do!

We welcome those who are enthusiastic about developing their skills with opportunities for advancing. You will be part of a progressive and dynamic multidisciplinary team that supports, challenges and inspires change.

Review our Careers Pack for information.

Advert Closes: 22.01.26

Shortlisting: 23.01.26

Face to face interviews: 02.02.26

The role of Community Lymphoedema Nurse is to contribute to the skilled delivery of wound and lymphoedema in our community services. The role will contribute to the focused delivery of innovative community-based solutions andwill provide an excellent and structured development programme. They will be acontributory member of the team, helping advance both the service and the mission. Being a team player and bringing energy is essential.

The Community Lymphoedema Nurse role may be a springboard into aspecialist role either in lower limb, leg ulceration or lymphoedema.

The Community Lymphoedema Nurse will be accountable to the Clinical Lead, supporting the development of acohesive team. This will enable effective management of team objectives whilst remaining mission focussed.

The post holder will bringa positive can do and solution focussed is fundamental to this role and will underpin the day to day running of the organisation. The post holder will enjoyteam work to ensure the key deliverables are completed. Discretion and confidentiality will underpin the role alongside integrity and the ability tomanage challenging situations. Being proactive and organised with excellent attention to detail is essential.

The essential outcomes of the role are:

1.Provide skilful care and management to the population, delivered in a thoughtful, creative and timely manner. Being solution focussed and collaborative are key features of this role.

2.Championing delivery of all aspects of the service under direction of the Clinical Lead; this includes the creation of efficiencies and productive working

3.Providing daily management within the community clinics and homes across the borough.

4.Encourage individualised care that enables people to tolerate treatments and thereby improve outcomes.

5.Enhance the delivery of Quality improvement initiatives, KPIs and internal audit.

6.Bringing critique to internal and external systems, creating positive change through effective team working.

7.Assist in the delivery of informal education to peers and patients.

Responsibilities and Duties

The post holder will work under the leadership of the Clinical Lead and duties will focus primarily on the lower limb population in

Tower Hamlets and/or City and Hackney community; mobile and housebound patients

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