Are you dynamic, highly motivated and committed to improving patient outcomes and experience? An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Corporate Chemotherapy Specialist Nurse team at MFT.

This exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented individual with multiple skills and an appetite for delivering a first class nursing service to join the team in one of the UKs most successful and progressive NHS Foundation Trusts.

The strategy focuses on equity of service offer and creating a resilient workforce who have the right skills, in the right place, at the right time. The successful applicant will be forward thinking and able to deliver specific and relevant specialist teaching programmes for all disciplines and grades of staff, client group and carers within the trust in relation to chemotherapy and support the MFT Cancer Strategy.

The Chemotherapy Nurse Specialist role will sit within the Corporate Cancer Services team and as such the suitable candidate will need to be able to work at a strategic level and should have an appreciation of the future development possibilities for chemotherapy services.

Due to the nature of MFT and the delivery of both paediatric and adult chemotherapy, applications are very much welcomed from nurses with either an adult or paediatric background.

Main duties of the job

Support education and training for registered nursing staff working across the Trust in the delivery of chemotherapy administration in all areas across MFT.

To ensure that the nursing workforce working within the clinical areas that administer Chemotherapy are supported to attain the necessary competencies to support a safe, quality and effective practice.

S/he will provide specialist expertise and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of chemotherapy for both adults and children within the Trust

To lead and coordinate the delivery of nurse education and training across the organisation around the administration of Chemotherapy.

Champion service development and innovation to support teams in augmenting and driving forward the chemotherapy services of MFT.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll 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 youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity MattersMFT 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.Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registration (RN Adult, RN Child)
• Educated to 1st degree level
• Teaching qualification or willingness to undertake

Desirable

• Evidence of level 7 studies
• Experience in specialty

Experience

Essential

• Experience at Band 6
• Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups.
• Experience in working across professional and organisational boundaries

Desirable

• Evidence of presentations at local, regional, national level.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to work in a highly demanding environment
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Evidence of audits undertaken and outcomes

Desirable

• Evidence of implementing service change
• Experience in writing for publication

Education & Development

Essential

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• oExperience of developing/delivering/monitoring and evaluating training programmes with clinical and non- clinical staff

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road Campus

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

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