Job overview

If you're a qualified Nurse looking for a change, or a student looking for your first job, we're are now recruiting.

We are an exciting gastroenterology ward caring for patients with complex conditions. You will see conditions in this department that you won't see anywhere else. Our Patients have a wide variety of conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease, cancers, eating disorders, substance misuse and mental health problems.

It is an exciting environment and we work closely and collaboratively with wide ranging Multi-Disciplinary Teams. This will give you learning opportunities and experiences to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to progress into roles including:-

Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Nurse Endoscopist; Clinical Nurse Specialist in Inflammatory Bowel Disease/Alcohol Liaison Service and many other areas.

To be successful you must demonstrate caring and compassionate values, behaviours and beliefs, be hard working and have an interest in the speciality as well as a passion to want to develop your skills and knowledge. You must be committed to delivering high standards of care . We believe in providing high standards of patient care in everything we do and to help the unit improve and progress , so we’re looking for the best nurses to join us.

We are committed to develop and nurture staff enabling them to be the best and provide them job satisfaction. The team  are welcoming, friendly and demonstrate excellent team work.

Main duties of the job

An experienced health care professional competent in all aspects of care planning, who is able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of specialist clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g. infection control, by working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.  The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.

Working for our organisation

MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.