Staff Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An excellent opportunity awaits you to join a prestigious nursing team in the heart of Manchester. This role in the gold-accredited Critical Care unit offers a chance to work with a diverse group of professionals, caring for patients across various disciplines. You'll be welcomed into a supportive environment that prioritizes your professional development, with comprehensive training and mentorship opportunities. Whether you're an experienced nurse or newly qualified with a passion for acute care, this position is designed to foster your growth and enhance your skills in critical care nursing. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare while making a significant impact on patients' lives.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Professional development opportunities

Preceptorship program

Access to study days and teaching sessions

Qualifications

• First level registration as a Registered Nurse is required.
• Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team in a critical care environment.
• Support and supervise junior staff while delivering high-quality patient care.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Ability to supervise and support junior staff

Compassionate and caring attitude

Education

Registered Nurse Degree or Diploma

Tools

IT/Word Processing

Job description

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Main area: Adult Intensive Care Grade Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work including nights)

Job ref: 349-CSS-6867107*

Site: Manchester Royal Infirmary

Town: Manchester

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum (Pro Rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join our outstanding nursing team in the gold accredited Critical Care at Manchester Royal Infirmary. Our Critical Care unit comprises of Adult ITU, Cardiac ITU, HDU, and High Care across four units and 62 beds, caring for patients from multiple disciplines including trauma, post-surgical (vascular, head and neck, ENT, and HPB) and cardiology at both intensive care and high dependency levels.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit energetic, motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated band 5 nurses to work collaboratively across all units alongside our existing team of highly skilled, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary professionals.

Successful candidates will be welcomed into our friendly, diverse, and supportive team. For experienced nurses, previous experience in the intensive care environment (either general or cardiac) is not essential but desirable. Newly qualified nurses with acute care/ITU experience who can demonstrate a strong desire for learning and development within this role will be considered for the post. All applicants will need to demonstrate professionalism and a dedication to ongoing learning and development to achieve the desired standards of critical care nursing.

We offer a highly supportive and motivated working environment with progression, learning, and development at its heart. Any new recruits will be given a fully supported, high-quality preceptorship period, with ongoing learning opportunities through study days, one-to-one, and group teaching sessions delivered by our dedicated education team. Following the preceptorship period, staff nurses are encouraged and supported to gain their nationally recognised Certificate in Critical Care Nursing.

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 and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and 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 and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and 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 and 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 and 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 [e-mail].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• First level registration – Registered Nurse Degree or Diploma

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current nursing issues
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• IT/ Word Processing

Training and Experience

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

Attributes

• Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues
• Satisfactory attendance record
• Positive approach to work Internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours with willingness to be flexible and adaptable
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Open-minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
• Compassionate and Caring
• Inspires others and is a positive Role Model

Skills and Abilities

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

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.

Name: Sophie Burden

Job title: Ward Manager

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 0161 701 6003

Additional information:

[e-mail]

Education Practitioner ITU: [e-mail]