Senior Lymphoedema Therapist - London, United Kingdom - Nuffield Health, Parkside Hospital & Cancer Centre London

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Job Description

Senior Lymphoedema Therapist

WImbledon | Physiotherapy | Permanent | Full time

37.5 hours per week

As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we offer somewhere you can thrive while you're helping people to achieve optimal health and wellbeing through better lifestyle choices.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, positive, driven and organised Senior Lymphoedema Therapist to help implement and deliver an existing business plan. We would also love you to be innovative in helping us achieve our ambition of making Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital and Cancer Centre London the go-to centre for Private Lymphoedema care in the UK. You will be part of a small team of Lymphoedema therapists with support from a wider team of healthcare professionals to help support your development and the provision of top-class care for people with Lymphoedema and associated conditions. You will have the support of experienced healthcare managers to mentor and guide you through the process of developing the service. We need you to be an amazing clinician, who does not want to give up your patient contact but also enjoy service development, governance, and encouraging and developing others.

As a Senior Lymphoedema Therapist​​​​, you will be/have:

• State registered Physiotherapist with CSP registration, or Registered General Nurse with NMC registration, or HCPC Registered Occupational Therapist with RCOT
• An expert practitioner in Lymphoedema care (minimum 3 years' experience in a specialist setting)
• Specialist current Lymphoedema Therapy certification (Vodder, Casley-Smith, Földi or equivalent)
• A real passion/commitment to providing high quality Lymphoedema care and raising awareness amongst professionals of other disciplines Professional demeanour
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to work within a team

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital is one of the leading private hospitals in South-West London. We opened in 1983 and are located opposite Wimbledon Common. Our hospital is easily accessible from Central London and the surrounding areas.

For over 35 years, we have provided first-class independent healthcare for the local community.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From physiotherapy to private healthcare, financial wellbeing advice, and of course, gym membership. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

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