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Nursing Associate
The closing date is 15 July 2025
The Nightingale breast unit houses several key services that facilitate a fully integrated 'onestop' diagnostic pathway by offering a state of the art diagnostic and treatment service to women and men with breast diseases. The service aims to provide a high quality safe and supportive environment in order to care for patients diagnosed with breast cancer or benign disease, meeting the identified physical and psychological needs. We are looking to appoint 1 x Band 4 Nursing Associate Registrant who is enthusiastic, motivated, flexible, dynamic and passionate. This clinical role involves providing holistic nursing care in both our Consultant and nurse led clinics, knowledge of breast care is therefore desirable. The successful candidate will be part of a team of clinical breast nurses who are central to the delivery of high levels of patient care within the multiple breast clinics which also includes facilitating aseptic procedures within a radiological setting. You will also be expected to manage our daily dressings clinic, assessing and implementing care plans, therefore knowledge of acute and chronic wounds is essential. You must have the ability to multi-task and prioritise under pressure, work within a large multi-disciplinary team.If you are passionate about patient care, a great communicator, with excellent leadership and organisational skills and have the ability to influence change we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
You would also be expected to work flexible hours covering evening Clinics and weekend work.
A calm, diplomatic and caring approach is necessary and you must have the ability to deal with the varied and challenging demands of the unit.
Manage Nurse Led Clinics which involve Complex dressings clinics, Blood clinics.
Managing staff workloads, delegating tasks.
Co-ordinating clinics.
Assisting with asceptic procedures within clinics and radiology
Problem solving.
Quality improvement and audits
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 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
Qualifications
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register with a Foundation Degree
* GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language / New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language OR Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Equivalent (not entry level 2)
Knowledge
* Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
* Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
* Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
Training and Experience
* Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£26,530 to £29,114 a yearPer Annum, Pro Rata
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