Senior Nursing Assistant Genomic Medicine

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 phlebotomist/Senior nursing assistant to join the team in Genomic medicine. The Genomic outpatient area has 12 clinic rooms and can see both adult and paediatric patients. The post holder along side their venepuncture skills will be expected to chaperone doctors/nurses, assist with procedures and perform nursing assistant duties.

Clinical Genetics is a medical discipline specialising in the diagnosis and management of conditions with a known or probable genetic basis. Genetic disorders occur across the whole lifespan and may affect multiple family members and generations. Families often require both specialist diagnosis and health management.

We provide specialist, family-centred services for:

• Diagnostic assessment
• Current and accurate medical information
• Risk estimation for pregnancies and the extended family
• Genetic counselling
• Management and support to individual patients of any age

We work with our laboratory colleagues and clinical colleagues from a variety of medical specialties across Greater Manchester and the North West region.

Clinical staff in the department are affiliated to one or more clinical teams. Clinical teams comprise of doctors, genetic counsellors, nursing staff and other health professionals. Working in the Outpatient area in Genomics you will be expected to work along side these clinical teams.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

To carry out venepuncture on both adult and paediatric patients attending the outpatient area in Genomics

To ensure that all specimens for investigative test are correctly labelled, bagged and dispatched to the appropriate laboratory, in line with trust policy

Following training if required, undertake blood pressure and pulse measurement, urine analysis

Assist and Chaperone the clinicians in a variety of clinic when appropriate

Undertake height and weight measurements

To report any incidents or changes in a patient's health status immediately to a registered professional

Assist lead nurse in implementing infection control procedures feeding back any concerns

About us

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.