Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum (Pro Rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M33 3RY |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6055859/349-LCO-6055859 |
Summary
An exciting job opportunity has become available with the MLCO Community Palliative Care Team. We have a vacancy for a Band 7 clinical nurse specialist, this role is full time and will be based in the North Locality.
The right candidate must have worked in palliative care for a minimum of 2 years.
The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist will work as a member of the wider locality based multidisciplinary Manchester Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Service. This is a seven day community service and will require an individual with specialist palliative care skills and in depth knowledge to work within the Community Macmillan team.
The team consist of:
2 Consultant Physicians in Palliative Medicine2
Service Manager
Occupation Therapist
Physiotherapist
Speech and language Therapist
Dietician
Assistant Practitioners
5 clinical Nurse specialist
4 associate Macmillan nurses
Full support of an admin team
• To provide palliative care to enhance quality of life for patients and carers with complex physical, psychological and emotional needs. This includes education of other health care professionals, training, support and advice for the multidisciplinary team.
• Be responsible for the specialist nursing assessment and treatment of clients referred to the Manchester Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Service.
• The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be expected to triage all referrals for the multidisciplinary team and provide palliative care advise to patient, carers, relatives and other health care professionals when supporting the triage role
• The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be expected to visit patients who require urgent palliative care support utilising advanced communication skills and partnership working with other teams.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing in-depth multi-factorial assessments and interventions for clients with complex and non-complex cancer needs, and those with a non-cancer diagnosis.
• Manage a caseload of patients requiring palliative care input and be responsible as the main caseload holder of ensuring all grades of staff deliver high quality care.
• Supervise Associate Macmillan Nurse ensuring competency to support patients within the caseload. Provide supervision and clinical support to band 4 Assistant Practitioners.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 28,000 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 11 Apr 2024
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