Staff Nurse Outpatients

Band 5

Main area: Staff Nurse Outpatients Department
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent - Will be required to work across all 4 WTWA Outpatient sites
Hours: Part time - 27 hours per week (08:00 - 17:30, shifts will vary to support these core hours)
Job ref: 349-WTWA-7081110

Site: Withington Community Hospital
Town: Manchester
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

We have an opportunity for keen, motivated, and enthusiastic Staff Nurses to join our team at Withington Outpatient department. If you are a Registered Nurse who has a passion for delivering high-quality care to patients within an Outpatient environment, then this could be a great opportunity for you.

Our department hosts a variety of specialised clinics such as Cardiology, ENT, Rheumatology, Respiratory, Surgery, and many more. As the RN in clinic, you will often be taking charge of the department, supporting team members and ensuring the smooth running of clinics, assisting clinicians and supporting patients throughout their visit to ensure they receive the best possible care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of patient care in a caring, compassionate, and sensitive manner. Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the clinical governance process. Act as a mentor/preceptor to junior staff, with specific responsibility for pre-registration students. The post holder will take delegated responsibility for the management of the clinical team and the maintenance of high standards of patient care.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and 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.

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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First Level registration - Registered Nurse

Desirable criteria

• Mentorship
• Diploma. Degree level 6 study

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of current nursing issues
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance
• Good use of Microsoft Office package and IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of wound care
• Knowledge of complex vascular dressings.

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working on own and as part of a team.
• Ability to supervise and support junior staff.
• Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.
• Awareness of clinical audit.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of undertaking a mentor/preceptor role.
• Experience in outpatient setting.
• Experience in wound care in other relevant setting.
• Experience in venepuncture

Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrates awareness of own limitations.
• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately.
• Well developed organisational skills.
• Dexterity and accuracy in physical skills.

Desirable criteria

• ENT (ear, nose and throat) experience

Attributes

Essential criteria

• Positive approach to work.
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels, as part of the team.
• Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues.
• Good attendance record.
• Inspires others and is a positive role model.

Other attributes

Essential criteria

• Proactive about learning needs
• Takes initiative in performing duties and role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description (PDF, 528.3KB)
• OPD Functional requirement.pdf (PDF, 351.3KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Maribel Hinggan
Job title: Altrincham & Withington OPD Nurse Manager
Email address: maribel.hinggan@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07974891022

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