Lymphoedema Assistant

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Lymphoedema Cancer Service is within the Oncology Directorate in the Cancer SBU and has links with the Breast, Gynaecology, Dermatology, Head and Neck, Urology/genitor-urinary, Psychology and Therapy Outpatient and Inpatient services. The department provides a service for both St Thomas’ and Guy’s with the clinic being situated on the Guy’s site. Referrals are received from within the Trust and GPs.

The Lymphoedema Cancer Service employs 8 members of staff to provide Specialist Lymphoedema Services to those who have Lymphoedema secondary to cancer and to those who live in Lewisham, Southwark or Lambeth or to those who have received all or part of their Cancer Treatment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

**Closing Date**: 15th August 2023

**Interview Date**: 1st September 2023

To assist Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioners in providing a high standard Lymphoedema service to patients and to undertake duties to support the smooth running of the Lymphoedema department and service.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals - Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
- Assisting the Lymphoedema Clinicians to carry out delegated duties
- Working under the direction of a qualified Lymphoedema Specialist Practitioner with an assigned caseload.
- The post holder will demonstrate they can work unsupervised within their level of competencies and agreed protocols.
- Treating own delegated workload of patients and maintaining associated patient records
- They will play a role in the assessment of patients presenting with cancer-related lymphoedema and in the delivery of management programmes
- Ensuring equipment is cleaned and available to the Lymphoedema team in a timely fashion
- Assisting in the administration and clerical duties of the department

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