Main area Staff Nurse Grade Band 5
Contract: Fixed term - 12 months (To cover Maternity leave)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long and short days, nights and weekends)
Job ref: 349-NMGH-6546266*
Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Acute Medical Unit, North Manchester General Hospital
Town: Manchester
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse - AMU
Band 5
Job overview
We are looking for an NMC registered Band 5 staff nurse who is efficient, enthusiastic, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work in our team on the Acute Medical Unit. You will be joining our friendly and dynamic multidisciplinary team with excellent standards and great work ethic. You will be supported to develop as a band 5 staff nurse through preceptorship, peer support, and an exciting range of educational opportunities.
Main duties of the job
1. Work as a Registered Nurse within a ward team on the Acute Medical Unit including administration of controlled drugs and all prescribed medicines.
2. Demonstrate high standards of care and set examples of best practice within the delivery of patient care.
3. Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and healthcare practitioners.
4. Support the nurse in charge of the ward and liaise with other departments and professionals to ensure the needs of the ward are met.
5. Chaperone the patient as required ensuring appropriate support.
6. Actively support and assist in alleviating distress and anxiety of patients, relatives, or visitors, consistent with their personal beliefs and preferences.
7. Work within the NMC code of practice and professional guidelines.
8. Undertake duties as determined by the Co-ordinator and/or Unit Manager.
9. Provide teaching, guidance, supervision, and support for unqualified staff and students where required.
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 [emailprotected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
At interview
* UK NMC registration and pin
* Degree or diploma in nursing
* Ability to work under pressure
* Experience in healthcare setting
* Committed to delivering high standards of patient 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.
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