Job summary
- Main area
- Cancer Support
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-LCO-6625510*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Macmillan Wellbeing Centre
- Town
- Urmston
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Supportive Care Coordinator
Band 6
Job overview
Are you looking for a role that provides support to patients in the community who are affected by Cancer?
This maybe the role for you! we are looking to recruit a Supportive Care Coordinator to be part of our MacMillan Team in Trafford.
You will have the pleasure of working with patients and their careers/families throughout their journey by organising, planning and offering guidance and support in a wide range of areas.
Main duties of the job
Organise and facilitate group work for the benefit of this target group of patients and carers.
Work with the Centre Manager to provide an accessible and integrated cancer information service.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on all clients to ensure documentation meets agreed standards.
Undertake holistic assessment and together with clients plan a programme of interventions according to their identified need, whilst utilising your clinical skills and knowledge of supportive and palliative treatments n the training of volunteers, students, and other staff.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
ESSENTIAL
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of post registration experience in supporting people with cancer and life limiting illnesses
- Palliative care nursing experience.
- Ability to design, assess, plan, implement and evaluate a holistic programme of care for clients.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
Desirable criteria
- Counselling skills
- Teaching or mentorship qualification
- Experience of service development within own area of practice
- Management experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Aspinall
- Job title
- Community Matron/Workforce Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977 159098
- Additional information
Visits to the centre pre interview encouraged.
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