Clinical Specialist Lymphoedema Therapist


Company:	University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Derby, DE1 2QY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	25 Jun 2026
Closing date:	2 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

The Derby Lymphovascular Medicine Service is seeking to recruit enthusiastic new team members.

The service holds clinics in Florence Nightingale Community Hospital (Derby), Long Eaton Health Centre (Nottingham) and Kings Mill Hospital (Mansfield). The successful applicant will be based at our Derby site, however cross site cover may be required.

This is a multidisciplinary service and the new team members can be Registered Nurses, Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists. Each of our three teams currently consists of a Band 7 Team Leader, Band 6 Clinical Specialist Lymphoedema Therapists, Clinical Support Workers, and Administrators.

The clinics operate Monday to Friday. The service offers outpatient appointments to adults and children with lymphoedema of varying causes, including primary lymphoedema and secondary lymphoedema. The service also sees patients with vascular and lymphatic malformations, segmental overgrowth and lipoedema.

Previous experience in treating lymphoedema is preferred but not essential. A good understanding of compression garments, indications of use and the ability to apply compression bandaging is also advantageous.

The Lymphoedema Clinical Specialist Therapist supports new and existing patients in managing their lymphoedema.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and responsible for assessing patients, planning treatment, delivering care and evaluating treatment plans.

You will be required to deliver intensive courses of treatment including multi-layer lymphoedema bandaging.

Closing date of applications: 8 July 2026

Interview date: 22 July 2026

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, both professional and leadership development

• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.

• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a 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&Es 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.

• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Jul 2026

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