Macmillan Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has become available for a 12-month secondment to cover maternity leave for a Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist band 6.
Haematology at Wythenshawe hospital is based on our friendly haematology day unit, within reach care to inpatients. Care is Consultant led with the support of the Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist, advanced nurse practitioners and a Ward Manager. There are 3 full time consultants and 4 haematology nurses. The day unit is open Monday to Friday.
Conditions treated include high- and low-grade lymphomas, myeloma and chronic leukaemias as well as a range of non-malignant conditions. MDTs take place with Trafford and MRI weekly.
Assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patient’s needs.
Undertake comprehensive health care needs of patients, changing treatment plan as necessary.
Provide psychological support for individuals and carers, identifying and involving the appropriate multi-disciplinary services in order to ensure that the individual needs of the patient are met.
Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in their specialty. Able to interpret information and take appropriate action and lead others to do so.
Advise and support patients to manage their symptoms, giving highly specialist advice as appropriate
Provide specialist care , knowledge and expertise, whilst being continually
aware of the importance of empowering colleagues to ensure dissemination of know ledge and best practice.
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.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll 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 .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you

Please refer the Job description for details