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 be able to 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.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
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, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients' needs.
4. Contribute to the organisation of multi-disciplinary, patient-centred care.
5. Facilitate patients and carers to take an active role in care given.
6. Responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in their specialty.
7. Able to interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do so.
8. To undertake and promote practice sensitive to the needs of the 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.
About us
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.
Job description
Job 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse
* Evidence of relevant post-qualification study at postgraduate level or equivalent knowledge
* Teaching/mentor qualification
Desirable
* ECDL
Experience
Essential
* Nurse - minimum 3 years at Band 5 in the relevant thoracic setting
* Evidence of working independently
* Participating in audit/patient surveys
* Evidence of managing within a clinical area
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary team.
* Awareness of National and Local targets including policies and procedure for both MFT and community services in relation to working practices
* Evidence of relevant CPD
* Awareness of the Clinical Governance agenda
* Provide nurse led clinics, health promotion and smoking cessation advice
Desirable
* Working with students
* Evidence of undertaking project work
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wythenshawe
Manchester
M23 9LT
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