Lymphoedema Specialist

13-Month Secondment / Fixed-Term Contract

Location: Beacon Centre

Hours: Part Time/full time available

Salary: Band 6 (Agenda for Change)

Duration: 13 Months

Start Date: 1 February 2027

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join our Lymphoedema Service as a Band 6 Lymphoedema Nurse based at the Beacon Centre.

This post is available as a 13-month secondment opportunity for internal applicants or a 13-month fixed-term contract for external applicants, commencing on 1 February 2027.

The successful candidate will work as part of a specialist community team, delivering high-quality lymphoedema assessment, treatment, education, and ongoing support to patients with primary and secondary lymphoedema. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a nurse with a passion for specialist care, patient education, and service development.

The post holder will:
Provide comprehensive assessment and management of patients with lymphoedema and chronic oedema.

Deliver evidence-based treatment programmes, including compression therapy and skin care management and exercise advise.

Develop and implement individualised care plans.

Support patients to self-manage their condition and improve quality of life.

Work collaboratively with acute, community, and specialist services.

Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

Provide education and training to patients, carers, healthcare professionals, and colleagues.

Maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with professional and organisational standards.

Participate in the ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and service effectiveness.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The Royal Surrey Foundation Trust (RSFT) is a clinically led NHS trust providing joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services. Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. Royal Surrey Foundation Trust are working in partnership with Procare Health (a Federation for GP practices in Guildford and Waverley) providing adult community health services. The Lymphoedema service work very closely with district nurses, GPs, social care, local hospitals, other specialist nurses, therapists and others to help individuals manage their own conditions, maintain their independence and remain at home wherever possible.