Lymphoedema Clinical Support Worker

Please note this position is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract without sponsorship from the Trust. We are seeking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic support worker to complement our multidisciplinary team within the lymphoedema service at Florence Nightingale Community Hospitals.

The post holder will enhance the patient experience by contributing to a friendly, and welcoming clinical environment for patients and visitors. The Derby Lymphoedema Service provides a super specialist service for adults and children with lymphoedema and other related conditions within the local area and around the country. The service has three bases (Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, Long Eaton Health Centre and Kings Mill Hospital) to provide services closer to home for people in Derby, Nottingham and Mansfield.

This post is for Lymphoedema Clinical Support Worker at Florence Nightingale Community Hospitals. There is one position available. Recruiting part-time applicants at 30 hours.

Main duties of the job The main elements of the role are:
To assist the clinical team in providing direct and individualised patient care and support. To provide administrative support to the clinical team by ordering and posting requested lymphoedema garments and maintaining stock levels within the clinic.

• A good standard of IT skills
• Able to manage own workload and prioritise tasks
• Able to communicate clearly to patients, relatives, carers, colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team, Previous experience in a caring role
• Previous administrative experience, A good basic education at GCSE level
• Well written application and personal statement, Physically able to assist with manual handling and basic patient care
• Demonstrates a caring attitude As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.