Tissue Viability / Lymphoedema Bank Nurse in Orpington

Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.

Do you have skills working as a Tissue Viability or Lymphoedema nurse? We are looking for a specialist practitioner to work with our small team of motivated, innovative clinicians. You will work within the Tissue Viability and/or Lymphoedema team to provide a high quality, patient focused service for patients presenting with Tissue Viability/leg ulceration or lymphoedema/chronic oedema/issues. This role will involve active participation in complex patient assessment and management out in the community and in clinics.

Main duties of the job:

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this post.

Qualifications And Training

• Essential criteria: Registered health care professional with degree, Current professional registration, Evidence of continuing professional development
• Desirable criteria: Accredited Tissue Viability course, Accredited course in leg ulcer management, Chronic oedema course

Experience

• Essential criteria: Recent and proven experience in tissue viability/lymphoedema care and management, including wound care, leg ulceration, chronic oedema, Experience of working in a community healthcare setting, Proven experience of nurse led clinics
• Desirable criteria: Experience of leadership in a lymphoedema/tissue viability setting

Skills

• Essential criteria: Ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider team, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Ability to run and manage clinics, Current UK Full, clean driving licence with daily access to a vehicle for work purposes, Computer literate
• Desirable criteria: EMIS literate

We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That’s why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.

At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels. We welcome applicants with a disability and are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process.

We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one, including remote working, compressed hours, part-time, and job shares.

Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period. Important reminders include checking your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process.