An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for a nurse with urology experience to work within our Urology Outpatient services.. Whether you are an experienced band 6 who wants to broaden their urology experience and would like a new challenge, or you are a band 5 with a specific interest in urology this could be of interest to.

Based in the Urology Assessment Unit at Wythenshawe/Withington sites, you will work alongside a team of experienced urology specialists nurse in their own dedicated unit.

The post holder will work within the team to facilitate and develop urology services across Manchester Foundation Trust. They will provide professional, clinical and innovative care delivery within a multi-professional team. They will provide specialist nursing knowledge and expertise in the management of patients with urological conditions, liaising with colleagues across care settings to ensure specialist assessment, providing holistic packages of care and ensuring patients receive prompt and evidence based care.

Main duties of the job

The majority of the outpatient urology clinics across Manchester Foundation Trust are nurse led for urology benign and cancer patients.

The post holder will be expected to provide specialist knowledge and care to the urology patient and their carers. They will support colleagues in the effective management of patients in their specialist area who require a high level of judgement, discretion and decision making. The post holder will provide education and training to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

About us

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.

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

Experience

Essential

• Nurse-minimum 3 years at band 5 in the relevant setting.
• Working autonomously
• Participating in research and or clinical audit
• Evidence of leading area of work and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of national and local targets/NSF frameworks.
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Knowledge of Governance agenda

Desirable

• Working with multidisciplinary students.
• Evidence of undertaking a project

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Relevant post qualifications at postgraduate level or equivalent knowledge.
• Relevant study
• Post graduate diploma Teaching, assessor or mentor qualification

skills

Essential

• High levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical practice, care, programme management, clinical practice, development and research.
• Analytical and judgmental skills.
• Planning straight forward issues.
• Problem solving.
• Effective communication.
• Computer skills e.g., word processing, email and internet.

work related circumstances

Essential

• Flexible to meet needs of role and service
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to manage stress

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

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