Nursing Specialist - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month fixed Term/secondement to join the pleural team as a Senior Pleural Specialist Nurse.

As part of the nursing team you will take part in Nurse led clinics and participate/perform pleural procedure to aid managing patients symptoms and assist with developing management plans

Band The specialist pleural practitioner will play a key role in reducing the length and improving the quality of Care and experience for respiratory and oncology patients.

The post holder will Focus on early assessment and intervention in patients with pleural disease, facilitating early supported discharge, admission and readmission avoidance and providing holistic care throughout the patient journey.

They will also support the annual peer review process.

The post holder will work independently, planning and organising own time, design and implement systems to improve and develop the MFT pleural team and the MDT process.

Those taking on the role as a Senior Pleural Specialist Nurse will be supported by a consultant Respiratory Physician and the clinical lead for the service

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of 2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.

We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.

What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings.

Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.

If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

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