Lower Limb & Lymphedema Clinical Nurse Lead

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse with significant expertise in the assessment and management of patients with leg ulcers, lymphoedema and chronic oedema?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic clinician to lead our specialist Lymphoedema and Leg Ulcer Service. This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative nurse leader who is committed to delivering high-quality patient care, developing services, and supporting the NHS vision of delivering more care closer to home.

As Team Leader, you will provide clinical and operational leadership to a small, dedicated team of specialist nurses, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, patient-centred care across community settings. You will play a key role in improving outcomes for patients living with complex lower limb and lymphatic conditions while supporting self-management and prevention.

Working closely with colleagues across primary care, community services, acute providers and wider stakeholders, you will help drive service improvement and strengthen integrated working across the system.

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• Lead and support a specialist team delivering high-quality lymphoedema and leg ulcer services.
• Provide expert clinical assessment, treatment planning and advice for patients with complex lower limb and lymphatic conditions.
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external partners to promote integrated care pathways.
• Act as a clinical expert and resource for healthcare professionals across the health and care system.
• Deliver education, training and mentorship to staff, partners and stakeholders.Contribute to service development, quality improvement and innovation.
• Support the development of community-based models of care aligned with national NHS priorities.

Working for our organisation

Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information:- Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a high-quality service across Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust
through line management of the Leg Ulcer/Lymphoedema Specialist Nurses and to
demonstrate the required skills in Lymphoedema and leg ulcer management along with expert
assessment skills while working in close collaboration with other clinical colleagues to lead the
development in the delivery of an expert nurse-led service across the organisation. The post
holder will contribute to advancing the body of knowledge through education, research and
audit with the aim of improving access to treatment services. The post holder will have a key
role in ensuring seamless, co-ordinated and timely approach to care for their patient group in
clinics and patients own home as appropriate. The post holder will also provide leadership,
management and a high level of clinical expertise in their specialism and contribute to the
support, education and training for their team and other healthcare professionals. The post
holder will have a clear understanding of the strategic political view and challenges faced by
primary, community and secondary care through the STP in meeting recommendations for the
development of the service and will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team in the
planning and development of a more integrated service for patients across primary, community
and secondary care.
This post will include working and travelling to all Trust sites.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.