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Job summary

Main area
Palliative Care
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working)
Job ref
349-WTWA-6687617*
Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Macmillan Office, Area F
Town
Wythenshawe, Manchester
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care

Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join our Supportive & Palliative care team at Wythenshawe hospital. You will be working with a team of highly specialised Clinical Nurse Specialists, supporting patients with Palliative and EOLC needs.

The post holder will be expected to provide detailed specialist knowledge and care to the patient and their carers. They will act as a source of specialist advice in the nursing management of patients in their specialist area who require a high level of judgement, discretion and decision making whilst as an in-patient/outpatient or in a setting external to the
Trust. The post-holder will provide education and training to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.

You will also be working with the Macmillan organisation. You will be
supported by an expert team in an environment where training and developing opportunities are actively encouraged in order to meet the clinical needs of the role/patient cohort and the Trust’s philosophies. The team operate a seven day service across the acute setting.

We offer a comprehensive induction programme and you will have appraisals on a regular basis with a view to developing knowledge and skills.
With the development of your clinical leadership skills, you will need to demonstrable the ability to influence the practice of others through
teaching and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

Create an environment in which individuals take ownership for their professional development.

Establish & maintain a learning environment within the service of responsibility.

Provide & develop specialist teaching which will include practical & theoretical sessions to nursing, medical staff, other health care professionals & primary care in their own specialty & in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Participate & undertake research & audit to enhance & demonstrate evidence based practice.

Provide specialist care, knowledge & expertise, whilst being continually aware of the importance of empowering colleagues to ensure dissemination of knowledge & best practice.

Advise & support patients to manage their symptoms, giving highly specialist advice as appropriate.

Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in their specialty.

Assess, plan, prioritise, implement & evaluate nursing interventions to meet patient's needs.

Undertake comprehensive health care needs of patients, changing treatment plan as necessary.

Promote effective leadership at all times.

Manage effective multidisciplinary teamwork.

Deal personally with patients, relatives or visitors who make a compliant in line with Trust policy.

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

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First degree
  • Professional registration with NMC
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of specialist training
  • Study to masters level or equivalent
  • NMP
  • Teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience working in B6 role
  • Experience of working at a senior level with adults with cancer or palliative care needs.
  • Evidence of extensive experience in relevant area of clinical practice Evidence of teaching / presentation experience
  • Experience of audit and research
  • Working automonously
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of integrated working

Aptitude and leadership

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment.
  • Maintained development of clinical leadership skills
  • Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills
  • Implementation of audit/research recommendations
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Evidence of significant involvement in change management
Desirable criteria
  • Further evidence of continued leadership development e.g. RCN programme
  • Recognised leadership qualification/study

Audit & Research

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians
  • Evidence of audits undertaken and outcomes
  • Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
  • Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of implementation of research-based practice
  • Completed course/module in research methods

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jillian Probert
Job title
Team Manager & Macmillan CNS in Palliative Care
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 291 2547
Additional information

Paul Spencer

Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care 

[email protected]

 

 

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