Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team at North Manchester General Hospital.
The successful candidate will be joining an established team who provide specialist palliative care expertise across the acute care setting. The team values close working relationships with medical, nursing and social health care colleagues. We have a firm commitment to the education and training of others and promoting quality and excellence in palliative and end of life care across Manchester Foundation NHS Trust.
For this Band 6 post, we are keen to appoint a team orientated, highly motivated and experienced nurse, who has specialist palliative care knowledge.
The successful post holder will have a high level of autonomy in the management of their caseload, and will need to be a skilled decision maker and able to prioritise workload.
The team provides a 7 day service and this post requires weekend working on a rota basis. In joining our team, you will be welcomed into a supportive and nurturing work environment. Your personal professional development will be actively encouraged. This includes an annual appraisal and on-going opportunities to contribute to our service development, education and audit programmes.
For a more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
Provide evidence-based specialist palliative care, advice and support to patients with a diagnosis of cancer or other life-threatening illness, and their carers. Working collaboratively with multi-professionals across primary and secondary care and liaising with the Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team Lead where appropriate. The service provides support seven days a week.
Provide specialist palliative care advice, education and training to all members of the multi professional team across all care settings as the service requires.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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!
Job description
Job responsibilities
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!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification in palliative care, cancer care or lifelimiting conditions/Evidence of CPD related to palliative care
- Communication skills training
Desirable
- Oncology qualification
- Degree / degree pathway in health related subject
- Teaching qualification eg: Preparation for Mentorship or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Experience at B5 OR 6 with demonstrable evidence of supporting patients with cancer or life-limiting conditions in a palliative care/community/acute hospital setting
Desirable
- Experience in teaching
- Experience in audit/project management
- Experience in service development
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to apply research findings
- Demonstrate an understanding of current cancer and palliative care issues
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work alone as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Basic computer literacy
Desirable
- Relevant communication skills training eg: Sage and Thyme
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel between care settings
- Able to work flexibly
- Satisfactory attendance record, reliable and punctual
- Committed to own CPD and service development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification in palliative care, cancer care or lifelimiting conditions/Evidence of CPD related to palliative care
- Communication skills training
Desirable
- Oncology qualification
- Degree / degree pathway in health related subject
- Teaching qualification eg: Preparation for Mentorship or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Experience at B5 OR 6 with demonstrable evidence of supporting patients with cancer or life-limiting conditions in a palliative care/community/acute hospital setting
Desirable
- Experience in teaching
- Experience in audit/project management
- Experience in service development
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to apply research findings
- Demonstrate an understanding of current cancer and palliative care issues
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work alone as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Basic computer literacy
Desirable
- Relevant communication skills training eg: Sage and Thyme
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Ability to travel between care settings
- Able to work flexibly
- Satisfactory attendance record, reliable and punctual
- Committed to own CPD and service development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
