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Prospective candidates will join a large team of clinicians at a tertiary kidney centre in Manchester. The appointee is expected to work closely with Consultants and Healthcare Professionals.
The scope of clinical responsibilities will span case finding and initial management of chronic kidney disease through to care of patients with end stage kidney disease on dialysis, thus creating opportunities for growth and knowledge development in these spheres.
Main duties of the job
Specific roles will be clarified upon appointment, but the activities likely to feature in the new role include the following:
1. Participate in community clinics as we embark on a mission to take care of chronic kidney disease to primary care (1 day/week)
2. Participate in clinical MDTs for relevant patient group
3. Vascular access surveillance in hemodialysis patients
4. Facilitate tests for transplantation work-up
5. Recognizing patients approaching end-of-life and liaison with palliative care team in consultation with the primary nephrologist.
6. Family updates as and when necessary
7. Dialysis unit quality assurance MDT (monthly)
The role does NOT include connecting dialysis patients to machines or disconnections. The role does NOT include inpatient care.
Working for our organisation
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.
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
* Registered professional
* Teaching/assessing qualification
* Speciality course in Renal Medicine or another relevant course Non-medical prescriber
* Selected module related to the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Experience
* Excellent clinical skills
* Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
* Clinical Risk Management & Governance experience
* Audit and research Leadership / leading a team
* Experience of working autonomously and as part of a team
* Awareness of national and local targets, NSF frameworks, Policy
* Motivation, team building. Excellent
* Experience within the field of Renal Medicine
* Shows an interest in Renal as a speciality
Skills
* Analytical and judgement skills.
* IT literate.
* Motivation, team building.
* Excellent communication and organisation skills
* Planning and organisational ability. Self-reliant
* Confidence to adapt to an evolving and changing service
* Leadership Experience
* Driver
Knowledge
* Developed knowledge of the speciality
* National, local and organisational developments in Renal Medicine
Other
* Flexible to meet needs of post.
* Able to perform complex skills and procedures with dexterity
* Acknowledge limitations in practice, commitment to own professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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