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Band 6
Main area: Thoracic Oncology
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 349-WTWA-7031819*C
Site: Wythenshawe hospital and Community sites
Town: Manchester
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
Do you want to work in a service where we diagnose lung cancer early and save people’s lives?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the expanded Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check programme. This award-winning programme delivers lung cancer screening to people aged between 55 and 74 years old, who have ever smoked in their lifetimes, from mobile clinics in the community.
This post will be mainly based in Wythenshawe Hospital in the Screening Hub - with occasional work on the mobile screening units if required.
Travel payments will be made for any travel completed above home to base mileage. MFT has lease car options available to successful postholders through the NHS Fleet Solutions car leasing salary sacrifice scheme.
You will receive an enhanced induction and training package and be part of an established team with support for you to thrive in your role and contribute to improved patient care, health, and quality of life.
Main duties of the job
The below indicates the main competencies required of the post which may be reviewed in light of the experience and developments within the service. Any review will be taken in conjunction with the post holder.
* Provide specialist nursing advice.
* Work autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Provide nurse led clinics.
* Ability to provide health promotion and smoking cessation advice.
* Formulation of individualised care pathways with the patient and the carer.
* Possess a working knowledge of respiratory equipment, e.g., inhalers, spirometers, and compressors.
* Knowledge of the lone working policy.
* Awareness of policies and procedures for MFT and community services in relation to working practices.
* Ensure contemporary patient-centered information is available for patients and carers.
* Engage in audit and/or information collection.
This list is not exhaustive - please see job description and person specification for the full list.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and 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 and 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
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. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of relevant post qualification study at postgraduate level or equivalent knowledge.
* Communication Skills training.
Experience
* Nurse – Relevant experience at Band 5 in the relevant setting.
* Evidence of working independently.
* Participating in audit/patient surveys.
* Evidence of managing within a clinical area.
* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary/interdisciplinary team.
* Awareness of relevant national and local targets/NSF Frameworks.
* Awareness of the Clinical Governance agenda.
* Working with students/Junior staff.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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