This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced children and young people’s nurse with an interest in paediatric endocrinology, to apply for the post of band 7 Paediatric Endocrine Specialist Practitioner and join an established multi disciplinary team in caring for children and young people with specialist endocrine needs, based at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. The team is recognised both nationally and internationally in caring for children and young people with conditions including : Short stature problems : Growth hormone deficiency, Turner Syndrome, Prader Willi Syndrome, Small for gestational age. Adrenal conditions : Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Addison’s disease, Adrenal insufficiency due to long term steroids in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Exogenous adrenal insufficiency due to high dose steroids. Thyroid problems: hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Disorder of Sexual Disorder conditions. Delayed and precocious puberty problems.
The post holder will be expected to provide clinical expertise and knowledge, beable to work with a certain level of autonomy, making decisions to treat health needs.
To work as an autonomous clinical nurse specialist to co-ordinate and deliver expert nursing care effectively to a defined caseload of children, young people with endocrine conditions and their families across both the acute and community setting.
To lead in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
To maintain clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of children, young people and families in the community.
To act as a key resource and source of specialist support to colleagues across primary/secondary/tertiary care settings.
Demonstrate professional leadership.
Undertaking Nurse led clinics.
Have a Non Medical Prescribing qualification (NMP) or working towards it.
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.
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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Apr 2025
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