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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. You will be part of the Lung cancer team working within the team of the Thoracic Specialist Nurses.
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.
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 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.
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
* Registered Nurse
* Evidence of relevant post qualification study at postgraduate level or equivalent knowledge
Experience
* Nurse - minimum 2 years at Band 5 in the relevant thoracic setting
* Evidence of working independently
* Evidence of managing within a clinical area
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary team.
* Evidence of relevant CPD
* Working with students
* Evidence of undertaking project work
* Participating in audit/patient surveys
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: Amy Fletcher
Job title: Rapid Lung Diagnostics Clinic Unit Manager
Email address: amy.fletcher@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 291 4372
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