Lower Limb Co-ordinator Full Time NEW

The post holder will lead on the assessment, management, and treatment of patients with lower limb conditions, particularly leg ulcers, delivering high-quality, evidence-based care. You will hold a defined caseload, working both autonomously and collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary team.

This role offers a balance of clinic-based work alongside community visits, enabling you to deliver holistic, patient-centred care within both structured and home environments. You will also play a key role in supporting and developing staff, contributing to service improvement, and ensuring best practice in lower limb care.

The post holder will be an experienced band 6 community nurse, registered with NMC, responsible for patients allocated to the lower limb co-ordinator for leg ulcer management and treatment. The post holder will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The post holder will be responsible for a caseload, supporting their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

The post holder will work in clinic and visit patients in the Community setting one day / week. They will be responsible for educating and assisting new starters with competencies and be responsible for the management of a caseload ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families in the community. He/She will work as part of the integrated primary/community health care team, Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies. The lower limb co- ordinator will work without direct supervision and provide leadership to the community nursing team.

Main duties of the job

• Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients with leg ulcers
• Monitoring and reviewing patient treatment plans
• Nurse Prescribing, Non-Medical Prescribing.
• First contact assessment, care and referral.
• Continuing care, rehabilitation and delivering the National Service Frameworks.
• Providing public health, health promotional programmes to improve health and reduce inequalities.
• Compression therapy
• Caseload management
• Maintaining contemporaneous written and computerised record
• Leg Ulcer audits
• Decontamination audits

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.