Staff Nurse - Acute Medical Unit, NMGH

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking experienced and motivated nurses to join their Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care. The successful candidates will provide compassionate patient care, mentor junior staff, and manage clinical teams while working closely with a multi-disciplinary team. This role offers opportunities for training and development, set within a modern healthcare environment.

Benefits

Opportunity for career development

Supportive training and development program

Qualifications

• Compassionate and sensitive approach to patient care.
• Ability to work closely with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, evaluate, and deliver patient care.
• Act as mentor/preceptor to junior staff and students.
• Manage the clinical team and maintain patient care standards.

Job description

Whether you're newly qualified looking for your first supportive role, or an experienced nurse looking for a change, we have the perfect opportunity for you. The post holder will assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of patient care in a caring, compassionate and sensitive manner. Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the clinical governance process. Act as a mentor/preceptor to junior staff, with specific responsibility for pre-registration students.

The post holder will take delegated responsibility for the management of the clinical team and the maintenance of high standards of quality patient care on a shift basis.

The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) at Wythenshawe Hospital are looking for highly motivated, innovative and experienced nurses to join our dynamic team. AMU is a 56 bedded unit divided into two areas, Acute Medical and Short Stay Medical. SDEC is a seated unit with trolley assessment areas. Staff will be afforded the opportunity to rotate between both units.

You will be given dedicated time to learn and develop your own skills by working alongside our highly experienced Clinical Educator. This role is set up to offer a ward specific preceptorship and training program for all new starters and enables us to provide you with an excellent induction, support with re-validation and on going training package. Working within these units is both exciting and challenging. We work closely with our new state of the art Emergency Department caring for a diverse group of acutely unwell medical patients, with Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Gastroenterology and Chronic health conditions.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn 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'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.

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.