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The closing date is 20 October 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Registered Nurse to join our dedicated nursing team within the Interventional Radiology Units at MFT on a fixed term contract until 31st August 2026.

The post holder will be based within our Interventional Radiology (IR) team at Wythenshawe Hospital and will also work at Manchester Royal Infirmary on a rotational basis. Staff may also be required to work with the small IR team based at North Manchester General Hospital when required for operational reasons or to facilitate training.

This post is full-time at 37.5 hours per week.

The key roles of our Interventional Radiology (IR) Nurses include:

Admission and pre-procedure preparation

Safe administration and monitoring under sedation

Undertaking the role of scrub nurse during procedures

Post-procedure recovery

A wide range of vascular & non-vascular procedures are completed in IR at MFT including as angioplasty & stenting, embolisation, ultrasound guided & CT guided biopsy, nephrostomy insertion & exchange, and gastrostomy (RIG) insertion.

The IR nurses work in a multi-disciplinary team alongside Consultant Radiologists, Radiographers & administrative staff.

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 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.

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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

• First level registration - Registered Nurse (Adult). Current full Registration with NMC (UK)
• Degree or diploma in Nursing
• Mentorship qualification/ Completion of SLiP course

• Evidence of professional development
• Evidence of undertaking a mentor/preceptor role
• Experience in a relevant area of practice
• Experience in a procedural area
• Completion of Immediate Life Support (ILS) course
• Experience of sedation practice
• Completion of sedation education course (e.g. National Safe Sedation, Sedate UK)

• Awareness of own limitations
• Manages own workload & can delegate tasks appropriately
• Ability to supervise and support junior staff
• Cannulation and venepuncture skills or willingness to undertake
• Good analytical and clinical decision making skills
• Knowledge of relevant policies / legislation relevant to clinical area, current health policy & clinical governance
• Experience of using Hive or other electronic health record systems
• Ability to wear lead apron for IR procedures
• Ability to work in a cross-site role
• Ability work on the out-of-hours on-call rota
• Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.
• Knowledge of IR/ radiology procedures

• Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues.
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
• Treats patients, colleagues and the public with dignity and respect.
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.

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

Wythenshawe Hospital & Manchester Royal Infirmary

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum (pro rata)

Fixed term

9 months

Full-time

349-CSS-7444250*

Wythenshawe Hospital & Manchester Royal Infirmary