- High level of personal & professional credibility
- Supportive of colleagues
- Organised
- Reliable
- Flexible
- Motivated
- Enthusiastic
- Articulate
- Conscientious
- Assertive
- Innovative approaches to practice
- Ability to work under pressure
- Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post
- Excellent communication skills.
- Awareness of Health and Safety / Clinical Governance issues.
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of Lymphoedema Practical Skills
- Evidence of a passion for the care of patients with Lymphoedema
- RGN with current NMC registration
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Excellent standards of nursing care
- Teaching/ mentoring qualification
- Community experience
- Lymphoedema training
- Experience in Nursing
- Patient Focused: Understands how their role impacts on the patient journey, and a willingness to place the patient at the centre of what they do
- Achieving Results: Experience of successfully working to deadlines and completing tasks.
- Inspirational Leadership: Keen to develop themselves and others, open to new ideas and willing to share their experience with others.
- Maximising Value: Takes ownership of problems and
- does not overly complicate matters or involve colleagues unnecessarily
- Working Together: Approachable and able to build relationships with a wide variety of colleagues
- Nursing experience in a community setting
- Experience in multiple areas
- Experience of caring for patients with Lymphoedema
- 1st Level Registration with the NMC (Adult)
Community Staff Nurse Lymphoedema Service - Peterlee, County Durham, United Kingdom - County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Found in: Jooble UK O C2 - 1 week ago
Description
We are currently seeking a Registered Nurse to Join our Specialist Lymphoedema service. The successful applicant will work countwide, visiting patients in their own homes supporting Community Nursing Services with the management of lymphoedema from an office base in Peterlee. The team work between the hours of 08:30-17:00 Monday to Friday. The role involves assessing patients and providing specialist advice, signposting where appropriate. Sucessful applicants will be required to hold a first level nursing registration with the NMC, additional training specific to the role can be provided.
Main duties of the job Assess and provide leadership in the management of patients with lymphoedema Offer advice and support to community nursing teams delivering care to patients with lymphoedema Work autonomously using clinical judgement to formulate treatment plans. About us If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented From April we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do meet the minimum salary 23,200, to apply you must have Right to Work in the United Kingdom. If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents Job description Job responsibilities The sucessful candidate will provide specialist lymphoedema care including wound care, assessment and measuring for garments, reviewing plan of care. The role involves assessment of patient care needs, care planning, delivery of care and review. The sucessful candidate will be required to work independently as part of the wider Specialist team reporting back to senior staff on duty. Person Specification Special Requirements EssentialWhitehouse Business Park
Traynor Way
SR8 2RU Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. C #J-18808-Ljbffr