Clinical Nurse Specialist - Altered Airways
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Manchester
- Salary
- £37,338 to £44,962 Per Annum (pro rata)
- Closing date
- 5 Nov 2024
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An exciting opportunity is available to work as an altered airways clinical nurse specialist. The CNS acts as a key worker, providing an expert nursing service to patients with a tracheostomy or laryngectomy, alongside the multi-professional team. Candidates must have at least 18 months post registration experience and a passion for airway management and delivering excellent patient care. They must demonstrate confidence within this field and be a team worker and motivated towards delivering high standards. They will be supported in decision making and improve knowledge and skills by working with the wider MDT team. Candidates must have clinical skills such as competence for tracheostomy changes. They must be confident to deliver teaching and support to patients and their families. They can expect to work in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Main duties of the job
Be a key worker for a patient group, including head and neck cancer and a range of specialties, to plan and action patient care including routine tracheostomy changes.
Work autonomously in managing a case load of patients including nurse led clinics.
Act as a specialist resource for knowledge and delivering teaching sessions to Trust staff.
Support pathway of inpatients from surgery through to discharge.
Support with service development and audit
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 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 at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Head and Neck Experience
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
349-MRI-6662277*
Main duties of the job
Be a key worker for a patient group, including head and neck cancer and a range of specialties, to plan and action patient care including routine tracheostomy changes.
Work autonomously in managing a case load of patients including nurse led clinics.
Act as a specialist resource for knowledge and delivering teaching sessions to Trust staff.
Support pathway of inpatients from surgery through to discharge.
Support with service development and audit
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 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 at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Head and Neck Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience in head and neck
- Extensive experience working at Band 5 level with demonstrable leadership skills
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Teaching experience
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
349-MRI-6662277*
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