Specialist Nurse -Amputee Rehabilitation

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Wythenshawe; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS trust in Manchester is looking for a Specialist Nurse in Amputee Rehabilitation. The role involves providing nursing and complex wound care management for amputees, working with both children and adults. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and relevant clinical experience. A commitment to service delivery in line with national guidelines is essential. The position offers a competitive salary, from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a clinical setting.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience of working independently and part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing and complex wound care management.
• Monitor and improve standards of care.
• Travel independently across hospital sites.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Wound care management

Ability to work independently

Education

Relevant clinical experience

Teaching/Mentor Qualification

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Nurse -Amputee Rehabilitation

The closing date is 23 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at The Specialised Ability Centre (SAC) in South Manchester within the field of amputee rehabilitation.

The successful candidate will work within a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for providing nursing and complex wound care management to amputees within the out-patient setting. The post will involve working with children and adults.

You must be a forward thinking and dynamic individual with excellent communication skills who has a passion for rehabilitation and a strong interest in amputee management. You must have a commitment to supporting service delivery in line with national guidelines.

Support and specialist training will be provided to fulfil the role of an Amputee Specialist nurse.

Main duties of the job

As a professional role model, you will provide direct and indirect clinical care, ensuring the needs of the patient are central to service delivery. You will monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching, and supporting professional colleagues. Consequently, the successful candidate will need the ability to travel independently across hospital sites. Please read the job description to understand the main duties of the role.

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 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 [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a clinical setting
• Evidence of post-graduate study/ knowledge
• Teaching/ Mentor Qualification

Knowledge and Experience

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Relevant experience in wound care
• Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups
• Evidence of working independently and part of a team
• Evidence of managing workload
• Experience of undertaking research/ quality improvement projects

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

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro rata)