Staff Nurse - Transplant Outpatient Department | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking an experienced nurse to join the Transplant Unit, providing exceptional care to transplant patients. This role offers an opportunity to develop specialized skills, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and engage in ongoing professional development. Candidates should have experience in nursing and a commitment to quality patient care. Applications close on 14 Oct 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing, especially in complex care environments.
• Eagerness to expand practice in specialized clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to transplant patients, including bronchoscopies and biopsies.
• Collaborate with team to deliver high standards of care.
• Engage in ongoing professional development and educational programs.
• Contribute to research and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Nursing care

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Research and quality improvement

Professional development

Job description

Overview

The Transplant Unit at MFT is the North West’s only cardiopulmonary failure, transplantation and ventricular support device program.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to develop skills to manage our patient’s complex & highly specialist needs. As a team we are committed to delivering the highest standards of care with a multi-disciplinary approach. As a nurse at MFT you will benefit from a number of educational programs and career paths. We are committed to the career development of our nurses and will assist you to develop your career in a highly specialized clinical area. In addition, you will find that all MFT cardio-thoracic nurses are respected for their science, compassion, skill and expertise. Nurses collaborate with physicians on numerous projects. We are an outpatient area caring for transplant patients, this role does include lab work for bronchoscopies and biopsies. The role will suit an experienced nurse who is eager to expand and progress their nursing practice.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts 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 & 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.

Key responsibilities

For full details, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the “Supporting Documents” heading and read the Candidate Essentials Guide for information about the Trust, our benefits and how we care for you as you care for others.

• Provide nursing care to transplant patients in an outpatient setting, including lab work for bronchoscopies and biopsies.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high standards of care for patients with complex and highly specialist needs.
• Engage in ongoing professional development and participate in educational programs and career pathways offered by MFT.
• Contribute to research, quality improvement, and project work alongside physicians and other professionals.

Qualifications and experience

The role will suit an experienced nurse who is eager to expand and progress their nursing practice in a highly specialized clinical area.

Diversity and benefits

Diversity Matters. MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. 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. If you have special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [e-mail].

Application closing

This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025.