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BAND 6 SPECIALIST NURSE, THORACIC SPECIALIST NURSES   37.5 HOURS PER WEEK 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated nurse to join our friendly thoracic specialist nursing team. You will need to be flexible, a team player, and be able demonstrate a commitment to professional development and evidence based practice. As part of the team you will play an integral role in supporting lung cancer patients throughout their cancer journey promoting clinical excellence and the ongoing development of the service. You will be part of the Lung cancer team working within the team of the Thoracic Specialist Nurses.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

Undertake comprehensive health needs assessment of patients, reassessing as appropriate

Run nurse led thoracic clinic including the pre op assessment clinic

Asses, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients’ needs.

Contribute to the organisation of multi-disciplinary, patient centred care.

Facilitate patients and carers to take an active role in care given

Responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in their specialty.

Able to interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do so.

To undertake and promote practice sensitive to the needs of the patients and families from multi-cultural backgrounds

Advise and support patients to manage their symptoms.

Attend Consultant led outpatient clinics, manage and report on cases (as appropriate to the role).

Communicate with clinicians as necessary.

Contribute to and support the work of colleagues in the Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Plan systems of nursing activity, which satisfy agreed standards at Local, Trust or National levels.

Coordinate as appropriate, the multi-disciplinary team in discharge planning.

Ensure all medication is administered in accordance with the Trust Medicines Management policy.

Demonstrate the mandatory competencies of the Trust, attending all required mandatory updates

Please see Job description and person Specification for more information

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 28,000 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.