Main area: Lung Cancer
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Fixed term - 9 months (end date 18/01/26)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 349-WTWA-6811961*
Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Wythenshawe Town, Manchester
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/01/2025 23:59
Thoracic Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
BAND 6 SPECIALIST NURSE, THORACIC SPECIALIST NURSES 37.5 HOURS PER WEEK
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated nurse to join our friendly thoracic specialist nursing team. You will need to be flexible, a team player, and demonstrate a commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice. As part of the team, you will play an integral role in supporting lung cancer patients throughout their cancer journey, promoting clinical excellence and the ongoing development of the service.
Main duties of the job
1. Undertake comprehensive health needs assessment of patients, reassessing as appropriate.
2. Run nurse-led thoracic clinic including the pre-op assessment clinic.
3. Assess, plan, prioritize, implement, and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients’ needs.
4. Contribute to the organization of multi-disciplinary, patient-centered care.
5. Facilitate patients and carers to take an active role in care given.
6. Responsible for assessing and recognizing emergencies in their specialty.
7. Able to interpret information and take appropriate action and lead others to do so.
8. Promote practice sensitive to the needs of patients and families from multi-cultural backgrounds.
9. Advise and support patients to manage their symptoms.
10. Attend Consultant-led outpatient clinics, manage and report on cases (as appropriate to the role).
11. Communicate with clinicians as necessary.
12. Contribute to and support the work of colleagues in the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
13. Plan systems of nursing activity, which satisfy agreed standards at Local, Trust, or National levels.
14. Coordinate as appropriate, the multi-disciplinary team in discharge planning.
15. Ensure all medication is administered in accordance with the Trust Medicines Management policy.
16. Demonstrate the mandatory competencies of the Trust, attending all required mandatory updates.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organization 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.
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 & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
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