Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at The Specialised Ability Centre (SAC) in South Manchester within the field of amputee rehabilitation.

The successful candidate will work within a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for providing nursing and complex wound care management to amputees within the out-patient setting. The post will involve working with children and adults.

You must be a forward thinking and dynamic individual with excellent communication skills who has a passion for rehabilitation and a strong interest in amputee management. You must have a commitment to supporting service delivery in line with national guidelines.

Support and specialist training will be provided to fulfil the role of an Amputee Specialist nurse.

Main duties of the job

As a professional role model, you will provide direct and indirect clinical care, ensuring the needs of the patient are central to service delivery. You will monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching, and supporting professional colleagues. Consequently, the successful candidate will need the ability to travel independently across hospital sites. Please read the job description to understand the main duties of the role.

Working for our organisation

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.