Prospective candidates will join a large team of clinicians at a tertiary kidney centre in Manchester. The appointee is expected to work closely with Consultants and Healthcare Professionals.
The scope of clinical responsibilities will span case finding and initial management of chronic kidney disease through to care of patients with end stage kidney disease on dialysis, thus creating opportunities for growth and knowledge development in these spheres.
Specific roles will be clarified upon appointment, but the activities likely to feature in the new role include the following:
1. Participate in community clinics as we embark on a mission to take care of chronic kidney disease to primary care (1 day/week)
2. Patient reviews in outpatient hemodialysis facilities.
3. Participate in clinical MDTs for relevant patient group.
4. Vascular access surveillance in hemodialysis patients.
5. Facilitate tests for transplantation work-up.
6. Recognizing patients approaching end-of-life and liaison with palliative care team in consultation with the primary nephrologist.
7. Family updates as and when necessary.
8. Dialysis unit quality assurance MDT (monthly).
The role does NOT include connecting dialysis patients to machines or disconnections. The role does NOT include inpatient care.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Marnie Deaville
Job title: Head of Nursing
Email address: marnie.deaville@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 276 8885
Amy Woodall
Unit Manager, Renal Medicine
0161 701 7654
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