An opportunity has arisen to appoint a Band 7 nurse within the field of Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability. This is an exciting time to join an innovative and expanding team. Both specialities offer high profile agendas, and working corporately, will allow practitioners to develop skills across a wide range of clinical services.

The role will provide an opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic nurse with an interest in Infection Prevention and Control and Tissue Viability to gain valuable experience across a wide variety of disciplines.Staff will have the opportunity to work on each of the hospital sites to broaden the wealth of experience each site offers and meet the service needs.

Core hours of the service are 08 - 17.00 covering 7 days a week.

Main duties of the job

The role provides the opportunity for a motivated enthusiastic nurse with an interest in Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability to gain valuable experience working across a wide variety of services across the MFT footprint.

As a professional role model you will provide direct and indirect clinical care, ensuring the needs of the patient are central to service delivery. The successful candidate will monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. The successful candidate will actively contribute to the clinical effectiveness processes within the service.

The successful candidate will be provided with exposure to all sites across MFT ensuring they are provided with optimal learning and development opportunities to consolidate their knowledge, skills and experience as an effective senior Infection Prevention and Control/Tissue Viability nurse specialist. The successful candidate will need the ability to travel independently.

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

• Educated to degree level
• Specialty qualification
• Teaching qualification

Desirable

• Working towards Masters

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Evidence of continuous professional developement
• Significant experience in relevant practice - TV and/or IPC
• Experience in delivering teaching programmes
• Evidence in Change Management

Desirable

• Line management experience

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Evidence of good communication skills
• Evidence of Clinical leadership skills
• Audit and research skills
• Evidence of IT/word processing skills

Desirable

• Report writing skills

Attributes

Essential

• Role models of Trust Values and behaviors

Desirable

• Team player

Other

Essential

• Flexibility

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Manchester General Hospital

Delaunays Road, Crumpsall

Manchester

M8 5RB

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