Staff Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated COPD Specialist Nurse to join their dynamic team. This exciting role offers a unique opportunity to enhance your leadership skills while providing expert care to patients with COPD in both hospital and community settings. You will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality services, promoting health, and preventing deterioration. With a commitment to clinical governance and quality improvement, you will contribute to a digitally enabled organization that values research and innovation. If you are passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this position is tailored for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Respiratory Medicine and caring for patients with COPD.
• Ability to lead audits and quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert assessment and health promotion for COPD patients.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality care.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Respiratory Medicine

Patient Care

Clinical Audit

Health Promotion

Education

Nursing Qualification

Tools

Electronic Patient Record System

Job description

An exciting 12-18 month fixed term/secondment opportunity has arisen within the Central Manchester COPD team. This would suit a band 5 looking to develop their leadership skills and gain experience in a specialist role. The role will cover both the hospital and community setting and therefore a driving license and car are essential for the role, which covers a 7-day service including BH.

As a COPD Specialist Nurse with proven experience in Respiratory Medicine and caring for patients with COPD, you will provide expert professional assessment, advice, and health promotion in the management of care for patients with COPD, with the support of the wider team and the Clinical & Airways Service Leads. You will be expected to work collaboratively with patients, relatives, and other health care professionals to deliver a high-quality specialist service promoting health, preventing deterioration and hospital admission, or assisting in timely safe discharge for inpatients. Taking a lead on audit and quality improvement will be a key feature of the role and integral for assuring a quality service.

If you are an experienced Nurse looking to develop your leadership skills, then this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

The post holder will exercise higher levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care demonstrated through the Trust competency framework. S/he will provide specialist expertise and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment, and management of the client group. S/he will monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. S/he will contribute to clinical governance within the service by undertaking audit and research as part of the MDT within the specialist field.

Post holders will be expected to participate fully in their personal development and review process to develop/maintain their knowledge and skills as identified in the British Thoracic Society (BTS) respiratory competency framework.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact:

1. Name: Mita Begum
2. Job title: COPD Specialist Nurse
3. Email address: [e-mail]
4. Telephone number: 0161-276 6035