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Main area: Supportive and Palliative Care
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (To cover Maternity Leave)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Expected to work weekends and bank holidays as required)
Job ref: 349-MRI-6811959*
Site: Oxford road campus
Town: Manchester
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are excited to welcome an enthusiastic and passionate nurse to join the Supportive & Palliative Care Team at Manchester Royal Infirmary on a fixed term contract until February 2026 to cover maternity leave. Before applying please ensure that if you are requesting a secondment this has been agreed with your line manager as we cannot guarantee a permanent post at the end of this period.
As part of the role, the post holder will work as part of a large MDT to assess, plan and implement evidence based and individualised care to inpatients with life limiting illness, complex needs and those who are approaching the end of their lives.
They will be able to provide specialist education and training to colleagues, carers and patients.
The post holder will share both SPCT and MFT's values and aspirations, to work with colleagues in the wider MDT to ensure care is coordinated, individualised, and delivered at a high standard, as outlined in our strategy.
They will support the development of the service, by taking part in audit, quality improvement, and risk assessment/management in line with local and national guidelines.
This post requires you to work 30 hours per week including weekends and bank holidays, and is not negotiable due to the need of the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to manage a caseload of patients with complex health needs/life limiting illness, providing clinical visits where appropriate, including the need to travel between acute sites as required. They must keep up to date with local and national guidelines related to palliative and end of life care, and should only work within their scope of practice, identifying their own learning needs and escalating as required.
They will provide specialist palliative care advice and support to patients, those important to them, and all health care professionals involved in their care as appropriate. They will support staff across MFT with their own professional development, in response to incidents and self identified needs, to ensure all staff are prepared and equipped to care for patients with palliative and end of life care needs.
The post holder will be able to recognise and address issues around palliative care, including cancer treatments, pain and symptom management, psycho-social needs and barriers, ethical dilemmas, and seek senior support when needed from the doctors and senior nursing team.
The post holder will formulate individualised plans of care for patients in liaison with the senior supportive & palliative care nursing team and doctors.
The post holder will act as a core team member of the palliative care MDT, recognising that their individual actions represent the team as whole and personal beliefs should not impact care.
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 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 & 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. 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.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Criteria
* Experience working in frailty, cancer or with patients with palliative care needs
* Teaching qualification or equivalent
* Awareness of basic palliative/end of life care
* Mayfly advance care planning
* Advanced communication skills
* Evidence of study related to palliative/end of life care
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.
Name: Sara Renwick
Job title: Matron
Email address: Sara.Renwick@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01612766649
Additional information:
If you would like to contact me, or someone in the team to discuss the role further, or to arrange clinical shadowing before your interview, please contact sara.renwick@mft.nhs.uk. We will aim to get back to you within 48 hours.
Should you be unsuccessful in contacting us on the above email addresses, the main nurses office number is 0161 276 8958.
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