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Ward F9 at the Wythenshawe site of Manchester Foundation trust are currently looking to recruit a band 6 sister/charge nurse to our elective day case surgical ward.

Our general surgical directorate has a reputation for the highest standards of clinical care.

Currently the ward looks after inpatient and day case mixed surgical patients with a range of General surgical, Urology, MaxFax, ENT, Breast, Plastics and orthopaedic patients.

Please only apply if you are in position of an NMC pin number.

We are looking for a suitably experienced nurse who is passionate about patient safety and the delivery of exceptional quality care to our elective surgical patients.

You will be an aspiring leader with the ability to adopt a highly accessible and visible approach for patients, relatives and colleagues. You will assist the Ward Manager with the operational management for the team working on the Ward. You will have the ability to develop a culture of continuous improvement with a particular emphasis on the patient journey and clinical outcomes.




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!


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

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This post is suitable for individuals with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in anaesthesia and wishing to gain further experience and skills in this specialty. This role is also suited to colleagues who have completed stage 1 training in anaesthesia and are wishing to gain stage 2 competencies ahead of joining/re-joining a formal training programme, or for colleagues who are working towards a CESR application.

The appointee will be assigned a consultant mentor and will spend time training in an established Anaesthesia department with a strong track record in clinical governance, education, and research with exposure to a wide range of pathology and specialist patient groups. The department serves a large general hospital with approximately 300 beds and supports a busy emergency and elective programme. There are numerous services on site offering varied clinical experience to the successful applicant. These include Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Paediatrics, Urology, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Medicine, ENT, Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care, and the region’s tertiary Infectious Diseases unit. The successful candidate will join a consultant-led medical workforce and doctors in training of all grades. There are two tiers of trainee on-call covering theatres and obstetrics.



Under the supervision of the Consultant Anaesthetists, the appointee will assist in practical procedures, assessment, investigation, treatment, and day-to-day management of patients. Senior Clinical Fellows will be expected to work at a minimum level of CT3 or equivalent, with increased responsibility for assessment and management of unwell patients in the hospital, and, where appropriate, supervision of more junior trainees. They will be supported in this by the Consultant workforce.

Some administrative work will be part of the standard workload. In addition, active participation in audit is expected.

The applicant will also be part of an on-call anaesthetic rota on a full shift basis on a EWTD compliant rota. Consultant supervision will be provided at all times, and consultants are resident within the hospital for a minimum of 10 hours per day.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust 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 brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve 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 new Green Plan which will set 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.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

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My clients are a leading UK property developer selling to UK and international buyers. Based in and around the borders of Manchester city centre, properties are mainly sold off-plan and for investment purposes. Developments are in locations where there is both an undersupply of high-quality properties as well as proven demand from the UK’s rental market. They are the lettings, property, and block management division of the group. All properties are of an impeccably high standard and offer high quality, stylish apartments to students and young professionals across the city.

We are looking to recruit for them a team of experienced Building Health & Safety Manager to lead building safety management, on a strategic and operational level, across our high and low-rise apartment blocks and offices.

Salary and package
Full-time, permanent role based on site or in the office, occasional home working will be available.
Salary DOE
40 hours per week Monday to Friday, with occasionally weekend and callout work when required
Flexible hours
Manchester based with some travel across the UK

About the role
As a Health & Safety Advisor, you will be responsible for ensuring the company complies with all statutory and non-statutory safety responsibilities in relation to legislation and building regulations. You will also ensure a high level of building safety across all of our developments, with the welfare and safety of our staff, residents and other building users being your top priority. We are looking for someone who has a passion and commitment towards health and safety as well as their own development within the industry.

Essential Experience:
A relevant Fire Safety qualification accredited by the IFE or IFSM or equivalent
Comprehensive knowledge of the Building Safety Act 2022
Experience delivering HRBs within the UK Construction Industry

The successful Health and Safety Manager will have:
Qualifications, skills and experience
• NEBOSH Health & Safety Qualified
• A relevant Fire Safety qualification accredited by the IFE or IFSM or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years’ Experience working within the UK Construction and Property Sector(s)
• Comprehensive knowledge, understanding and experience delivering HRBs within the UK Construction Industry
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Building Safety Act 2022
• Motivated, driven and passionate about improvement of H&S
• Good communicator, with a positive, pragmatic mindset and a can-do attitude
• Accountable, self-motivate and results driven
• Excellent data logging, numerical and IT skills
• Able to work closely and establish positive relationship with colleagues
• Experience in carrying out compliance inspections and audits
• Ability to travel to all offices and buildings within the portfolio on a regular basis.
• Must be able to attend all sites and regularly conduct full building walk around inspections and audits
• A full clean UK driving licence
• Ability to travel to Newcastle as and when required, other cities will follow
• Membership of a relevant organisation (IOSH / IIRSM)
• Relevant CSCS Card
• Ability to work clearly and accurately under pressure and tight timescales

Key responsibilities include:

• Assist, develop and maintain information management systems for the safe management of buildings, maintaining accurate records and systems
• Provide advice and ensure compliance with regulations on fire and building safety, legionella, asbestos, electrical and gas
• Conduct audits and inspections in accordance with a monitored programme
• Identify building hazards and ensure remedial works are undertaken
• Communicate with residents about the safe management of their building
• Influence a culture of positive health, safety and wellbeing within the company
• Coordinate the organization and evaluation of disaster recovery drills
• Ensure the accident, incident and near miss reporting procedure is followed across the developments
• Establish positive relationships with a wide range of colleagues and suppliers
• Providing advice to company employees, senior managers, managers and staff, on all aspects appertaining to health, safety and environmental matters
• Arranging and carrying out site safety and environmental audits and safety inspections, maintain records of audits and inspections and ensure necessary corrective measures are agreed and implemented
• Assisting with incident/accident investigations
• Assisting with investigating the environmental implications of the company’s activities and suggesting actions which may prove beneficial to the environment, the company or others
• Continuously seeking, proposing and implementing agreed H&S and environmental performance improvements
• Support on our current cultural drive to improve health safety and environmental standards on company projects and offices
• Assist providing statistical data to the director responsible for SHE to demonstrate where improvements can be made
• Identify root cause analysis of any incidents occurring
• Maintain regular contact with all project teams and office managers to advise on SHE matters

Please note that United In Recruitment can’t always respond to all applicants due to the high volume of CV's received every day. Should you not receive a response within 2 working days please accept this as not been successful, and we wish you all the best in your job search. Your details will not be held, and we apologies that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest.

Full time Post 37.5 hours

Join a world-leader in cancer treatment and research.

Work with a successful operating team, and an award-winning organisation which invests in its staff. Awarded outstanding by CQC.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated, forward thinking, ODP/ Registered Nurse to work in our Surgical Theatres and Brachytherapy department. Our oncology theatre suite specialises in colorectal, plastics, urology and gynaecology; inclusive of robotic surgery, microsurgery and laparoscopic surgery.

At The Christie Theatres we see staff health and wellbeing and career development as our underpinning drive in delivering excellent patient care. We place a strong emphasis on personal and professional development, with opportunities to undertake further courses in support of your on-going professional development and career progression. In addition, we have an in-house Practice Based Educator to support your learning and training needs.

In return we are seeking professional, flexible, motivated, and committed team members, capable of delivering high quality, patient focused care.

Applicants must hold prior experience within the scrub practitioner role.

The successful candidate will hold the appropriate qualifications to be a current registered practitioner (RGN or ODP) and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development. You will be committed to delivering high quality care with a desire to further develop your career within this rewarding specialty.You will need to have very good communication skills, be highly motivated, organised and be able to work using your own initiative.

We are welcoming applications to both the scrub team. In addition, for ODPs we can offer Anaesthetic/ Scrub if this is your preference. Teaching and assessing skills are desirable.

You will be required to work 37.5 hours, 4 or 5 days flexibly over 6 days (Monday to Saturday) with a commitment to out of hours on call.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Education, Leadership and Clinical Practice
• To participate as a member of the Anaesthetic/ Recovery or Scrub team with extensive knowledge in the care of the peri-operative patient.
• To demonstrate high standards of individual patient care with a commitment to the development of evidence-based practice.
• To competently care for the peri-operative patient including the assessment, planning and evaluation of programs of care.




This advert closes on Monday 4 Nov 2024

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Position: Care Worker
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Shift: Days and Nights

Job Description:
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will play a crucial role in providing essential care and support to individuals within a healthcare setting. Your primary responsibilities will include assisting with daily living activities, monitoring patient well-being, and maintaining a clean and safe environment. You will work closely with a team of healthcare professionals to ensure the highest standard of care is delivered to the people in care.

Key Responsibilities:

Assist patients with personal care tasks, including bathing, dressing, and toileting.
Help patients with mobility and provide assistance in moving and transferring.
Observe and report any changes in patients' physical or emotional conditions to the nursing staff.
Maintain a clean and hygienic environment for patients, including changing bedding and tidying rooms.
Ensure the safety and well-being of patients by following established protocols and procedures.
One to Ones
Personal Care

Valid training and certification is required for an immediate start. if not training can be provided.
A valid Enhanced DBS certificate (Disclosure and Barring Service), demonstrating a clean criminal record.
Previous experience in a healthcare or social care setting is highly desirable.

Working hours for the role are: 5 out of 7 days a week this will include one weekend on one weekend off.

The role will be working days and 12 hour shifts each day.

Benefits:

Opportunities for career development and progression within the healthcare sector.
A supportive and inclusive working environment.
Comprehensive training and ongoing professional development.
Employee benefits package, including pension scheme and holiday entitlement.

How to Apply:
If you meet the above requirements and are ready to make a difference in the lives of others, please submit your resume/CV to hello@purecarestaff.com or call 01422 525 320

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Prior to any offer of employment, the successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To act as the pharmacy lead for antimicrobial stewardship strategy across the Trust. To take a lead role in the production, implementation, management and review of trust antimicrobial policy and strategy, guidelines, and practices as appropriate. To establish performance indicators against which practice may be monitored. To work closely with the Infection Control team and consultant microbiologists to manage antimicrobials usage effectively throughout the Trust as part of Antimicrobial Stewardship. To liaise directly with clinical directors, consultants, senior pharmacists, senior nurses and other key staff to promote and manage antimicrobials effectively. To manage the design, production, distribution and interpretation of antimicrobial usage reports for clinical directors, consultants and other key stakeholders. Provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters relating to antimicrobial prescribing and use. To lead and undertake a programme of audits which demonstrate safe and cost-effective prescribing of antimicrobials, compliance with Trust policies, and other national guidelines. To attend and make active contributions to Infection Control Meetings, sepsis steering group and other associated meetings across the Trust. To actively contribute to the regional and national antimicrobial stewardship initiatives and the implementation of guidelines into the Trust. To review and update the clinical and prescribing guidance as appropriate. To monitor and interpret published evidence and computer reports of drug usage, regarding antimicrobials across the trust and to use this data to report to the lead clinicians and Director of Pharmacy. To implement agreed policies aimed at improving patient outcomes and containing drug expenditure. To coordinate pharmacist participation in the attendance at regular antimicrobial ward rounds Develop, organise and deliver education and training to medical and other clinical staff to support effective antibiotic prescribing. Propose, develop and present business plans for new antimicrobials and other measures to ensure optimal antibiotics treatment of the Trusts patients. To attend and contribute to regional and National antimicrobial stewardship meetings. To be an active member of the Hospital Root Cause Analysis panel with responsibility for antimicrobial stewardship. To strategically co-ordinate and evaluate a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to the Clinical Networked services in accordance with the priorities set by the Principal Pharmacist in Clinical Services in order to ensure safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines including antimicrobials in patients. To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services to a designated cancer disease group in accordance with all departmental, Trust and national standards, procedures, and policies. To qualify as an independent prescriber and prescribe to appropriate patients in agreement with the relevant Consultants. To develop and maintain drug protocols and treatment guidelines both within the clinical pharmacy service, reviewing evidence-based guidelines and protocols in conjunction with fellow healthcare professionals, in order to advance the safe, clinical effective and cost-efficient use of medicines for patients. To support the further development of the Electronic Prescribing process across the Trust. To support prescribing at the individual patient level, contributing to the optimisation of patients drug therapy with due consideration to risk/benefit issues. To provide pharmaceutical care, contributing to the multi-professional team through ward pharmacy services and attendance on appropriate clinicians ward rounds and meetings. Facilitate effective communication about relevant pharmacy issues to clinicians and senior managers and the identification of opportunities for development of pharmacy services to match identified services and care needs. To demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trusts Clinical Governance Plan In conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist in Clinical Services, to establish processes for the setting of standards of care, identifying the risks involved and implement changes that need to occur to achieve these. To proactively develop clinical pharmacy services within the Trust in line with local and national objectives. To undertake clinical audit and practice research as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process within the designated disease group and clinical pharmacy service. To identify and report any systemic or preventable errors associated with medicines within the Clinical Networked Services and facilitate learning. To liaise with the Director of Pharmacy, and the lead consultants, to forecast drug expenditure. Gain an understanding of the principle and practice of the Trust's budgeting system and support the management of drug expenditure by clinicians and senior managers. Represent the pharmacy service at appropriate clinical unit and divisional meetings on request. To provide evaluated pharmaceutical information to the Drugs and Therapeutic Committee as requested To identify or forecast any changes in prescribing practices that may potentially impact on the drugs budget (drug forecasting) To identify resources required and produce and implement business plans for all proposed developments of the pharmacy clinical services. Education and training role To assist and participate in the development, implementation and management of training initiatives and competency frameworks within the clinical pharmacy service, in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist for Clinical services and the Lead Technician for Education and Training. To contribute to the development of assessment methods and competency frameworks to validate learning for specialist oncology pharmacists and to participate in the monitoring, audit, and review of the training programmes with regard to antimicrobials. To ensure ward pharmacists training needs are identified and met within the Trust. To act as a hospital-based tutor to pharmacists undertaking post graduate diploma / equivalent qualification as required To participate in the clinical training of pharmacists and Foundation year pharmacists and clinical technicians with regards to antibiotic stewardship initiatives General Duties To act as a mentor / role model to junior pharmacists and undertake regular appraisals. To participate in clinical audit or practice research as required To participate in research opportunities internal or external to the Trust in collaboration with disease group or university faculties To actively participate in the clinical pharmacy ward service rota to all patients within the Trust as required To represent pharmacy and act as a link person at relevant meetings and conferences. To be responsible for the clinical screening/review of chemotherapy prescriptions for designated patient groups, including clinical trial prescriptions and to clinically screen/ review in-patient and outpatient prescriptions. To check and supply medication to and for patients, including clinical trials and to counsel patients or medical or nursing staff on their correct use. To participate in prescription clinical screening and final product checking rotas. To give advice on the storage, administration, and therapeutic use of drugs to patients, medical / nursing staff, and other colleagues. To provide written information as necessary. To contribute to the revision of the Trusts drug formulary. To identify own training needs. Maintain a CPD portfolio. To participate in all department rotas, weekend working service and Bank Holiday working and on-call as requested. To undertake any other duties consistent with the nature of the post as requested by the Pharmacy Managers and the Trust.

Manchester Health Visiting Service

Clinical Practice Assessor /Practice Educators

We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate Health Visitors who are ready to further develop leadership and teaching skills by becoming Practice Assessors. You can help us to shape and develop our service for the future, a forward thinking Health Visiting Service in Manchester.

Can you provide professional leadership to team colleagues, supporting and developing practice? Support and educate students and provide a training packages to ensure the workforce is informed of evidence-based practice updates?

Successful applicants can benefit from our commitment to their professional development, with all the support you need to progress your career (including named peer support). You will also enjoy a full range of benefits, including a final salary pension scheme and subsidised childcare provision, as well as flexible working support.

Our health visiting teams work to design and deliver services in partnership with local people. We also provide key services that work across wider localities and the city-wide footprint. We believe that our pioneering approach will make a massive difference to the health of people in our city and we are looking for you to join our team and help us do this.

We’re committed to achieving the highest standards of individual care for our city’s diverse communities. At the heart of this is the ‘Healthy Child Programme’ which,through early intervention, will positively influence health outcomes for children and families in Manchester.

As a Practice Assessor you will provide clinical, educational and professional guidance to Specialist Community Public Health Nurses ( Health Visiting) during their training. Through working with staff directly you will link theory to practice within the community setting enhancing evidence-based practice..

You will be expected to act as a knowledge resource for members of the service working closely with the team lead to support developments within health visiting.

Visiting various families, including some of the most vulnerable, you’ll offer positive influence to the early years of their child’s development and family health.

As a result of service transformation and substantial investment exciting opportunities have arisen in Manchester’s Health Visiting service.

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!


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

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This is an exciting opportunity to lead a community Parkinson's specialist nurse service in Central and South Manchester. You will be working in a highly autonomous role alongside the community neuro rehab teams, other specialist nurses, consultants and GPs.



Operationally the service sits within the Central Manchester Community stroke and Neurorehabilitation Team portfolio but also provides a service to South Manchester locality patients , and therefore has close links to the Neuro rehabilitation Pathway, which includes Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, Clinical psychology, and a stroke and Neurorehab Nurse in each locality.

Flexible and part time working options could be considered.

The Community Parkinson's Specialist nurse main duties will include:
• Holistic assessment and prescription of complex management plans for people with Parkinson's either as part of routine condition reviews or in the presence of an identified deterioration
• Support patients and their relatives when newly diagnosed with Parkinson's
• Provide other health professionals with specialist advice, training and support in the management of Parkinson's patients in their services.
• The post holder will be responsible for driving service review and development, and producing regular service reports for senior leadership.

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 organization 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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

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!

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!

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 MattersMFT 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!

To be a pivotal member of the Project Management Office (PMO) with responsibility for the
following areas:
• Deliver on a range of projects, to the agreed specifications using PRINCE2
methodology, and having clear oversight of a number of additional projects, providing
line management, guidance and support to junior members of the PMO.
• Being central to the continual development of the PMO and its functions.
• Strategically managing the clinical change process for the IM&T department, supporting
clinical change staff from initiation to post go-live evaluation on a number of allocated
projects.
• Facilitating the smooth adoption to new technologies into clinical settings.
• Ensuring that there are effective communications with all stakeholders and that any
clinical views are fully understand and appropriately incorporated.
• Working within the principles of a PRINCE2 environment.
• Influencing the care of Service Users and Carers, improving efficiencies, and reducing
costs by ensuring that benefits associated with projects are fully realised.
• Support with the development of a clinical informatics network, bridging the gap
between digital and clinical services to achieve successful transformation.
• Supporting the development of the GMMH Digital Strategy

To be both an active team member and leadership figure within
the PMO.
• To hold responsibility for the effective delivery of projects
allocated to you, and/or others within your responsibility.
• To have a clear and up to date understanding of clinical
services, the way in which they operate and the challenges of
introducing new changes within services, to be able to leverage
this to strategically embed change and digital projects.
• To develop, support and effectively manage the PMO team,
ensuring resources are utilised appropriately to support the
organisations digital transformation requirements.
• To develop and maintain a standardised approach to systems,
processes and procedures that will support both successful
project management and clinical change.
• Promote the IM&T Department by developing and maintaining
excellent working relationships internally and externally.
• Promote a culture of digital transformation, adoption and
sustainability to improve the experience and outcomes for
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services users, carers and staff.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits
• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 – 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%


• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated individual to join us as a PA/Medical Secretary in the Oncology Department within Networked Services Division.

This is a full-time permanent post. It will be working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with the option of hybrid working. The Trust are committed to supporting flexible working agreements.

You will be responsible for covering the provisions of full secretarial and administrative support within the Cutaneous Lymphoma team, ensuring a high standard of PA / secretarial duties is maintained and deadlines and audio typing targets are met.

You will be enthusiastic, flexible, willing to learn, eager to play an effective part in a busy team environment, work to a high standard and be able to use your own initiative.

You will have experience of audio typing and copy typing and ideally have worked within a healthcare environment with Medical Secretarial experience and a good knowledge of medical terminology. Knowledge of cancer pathways/targets would be beneficial.

When applying for this position, please refer to the person specification and demonstrate within your application form how you meet the criteria, providing examples where possible.

Liaise with all consultants in your area of responsibility to provide a full secretarial service, including all administrative duties and dealing with mail, this includes placing it in order of priority and acting on matters which can be dealt with without further reference.



Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential.



Type clinical correspondence, treatment summaries and annotations, ensuring compliance with turnaround time/ targets and ensure that office instructions are followed.



Organise and schedule meetings and maintain an up to date diary for appointments, meetings and interviews.



Effectively monitor clinic templates liaising with clinical team and administration staff to ensure clinic numbers are manageable. Escalating to the management team when appropriate.



Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally, answering written and verbal enquiries when necessary, taking action on all matters which can be dealt with without further reference.



Answer written and verbal enquiries from patients/relatives, referring enquiries to consultants only when necessary.



Deal with stressful phone calls which can be emotional / abusive and of a sensitive nature from relatives/patients.



Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations/procedures.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES



SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Liaise with all consultants in your area of responsibility to provide a full secretarial service, including all administrative duties and dealing with mail, which includes placing it in order of priority and acting on matters which can be dealt with without further reference.
• Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential.
• Organize and schedule meetings and maintain an up-to-date diary for appointments, meetings and interviews.
• Effectively monitor clinic templates liaising with clinical team and appropriate administration staff to ensure clinic numbers are manageable. Escalating to Admin and Service Managers when appropriate.
• Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally, answering written and verbal enquiries when necessary, acting on all matters which can be dealt with without further reference.
• Answer written and verbal enquiries from patients/relatives, referring enquiries to consultants only when necessary.
• Deal with stressful phone calls which can be emotional / abusive and of a sensitive nature from relatives/patients.
• Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations/procedures.
• Liaise with patients involved in trials undertaken by the team, coordinating all necessary information between patients, hospital and organizing bodies.
• Ensure accurate input of patient details when entering data onto information databases and Patient Administration System (Careflow) including routine use of the case note tracking system.
• Receive new patient referrals and organize appointment/admissions and arrange treatment as required.
• Contribute to the appropriate management of the waiting list, particularly in relation to patients who fall within the two-week wait category
• Co-ordinate annual leave within the group to ensure clinics are capped or cancelled as necessary in order that clinics are managed effectively, and nursing staff are allocated appropriately to other areas.
• Contribute to the training of new members of staff within a given area as required.
• Ensure case notes are kept up to date and that all investigations and other material (outside notes and films) are available for clinic appointments/admissions.
• Provide information required to support the investigation of litigation cases.
• Provide statistical information to the Information Department as required.
• Work with Clinicians, Managers and Administration staff to review working practices, identify new improved ways of working and find solutions to problems.
• Work with the management team to improve quality and range of services, with resources being managed according to agreed policies and priorities.
• Ensure all relevant information is available for multi-disciplinary meetings for your team. Co-ordinate case notes and reports where necessary.



ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Always follow risk management procedures including the identification, assessment, and management of risk within the division.
• To abide by all Trust policies and Procedures.
• To be responsible for own professional /personal development, including participating in ongoing appraisal and personal development planning.



This job description is not intended to be exhaustive but reflects the main responsibilities of the post holder. Other duties and flexibility may be required from time to time, which are commensurate with the grade of the post. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We currently have an opportunity for highly motivated, enthusiastic specialist clinical pharmacist (band 8a) to join our team. The post holder will be part of the wider clinical pharmacy team providing pharmacy services to patients across all disease groups and be responsible for leading and further developing the Antimicrobial Stewardship strategy and initiatives within the Trust. The postholder will work in collaboration with the infection control team and consultant microbiologists in addition to the different multidisciplinary teams across the Trust.

The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of specialist clinical pharmacy services relating to Antimicrobial Stewardship National and Local guidance, supporting education and training to all healthcare professionals to ensure effective use of antimicrobials. The postholder will have an integral role within the MDT team and contribute to service delivery, new initiatives and development / review of drug protocols including new NICE initiatives.

The Pharmacy Department actively supports several collaborative projects alongside several research partners and has strong links with the University of Manchester. Several members of our staff have undertaken post graduate training, research and other secondment opportunities and we are keen to support further opportunities.

If you are enthusiastic and keen to make a positive contribution to the care of cancer patients, we would like to hear from you.

To act as pharmacy lead for the antimicrobial stewardship strategy and key performance improvement indicators across the Trust

To assist in the development, delivery, and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services to the Trust for antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.

To deliver and evaluate clinical pharmacy services to a designated cancer disease group.

To develop and maintain highly specialist knowledge in medicines used within the Trust especially in relation to the designated cancer disease group.

To take the lead role in pharmacy teaching/training programmes for Antimicrobial Stewardship initiatives as well as support clinical audit in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist for clinical services

Although the pharmacy service is based at The Christie Hospital main site, postholders may be required to work at any location across the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network. The Trust has a flexible working policy and, subject to service commitments, it may also be possible to support an element of working from home.

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

This is a unique opportunity to work with us and contribute to the challenging and rewarding specialty of oncology pharmacy.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


• To act as the pharmacy lead for antimicrobial stewardship strategy across the Trust.
• To take a lead role in the production, implementation, management and review of trust antimicrobial policy and strategy, guidelines, and practices as appropriate. To establish performance indicators against which practice may be monitored.
• To work closely with the Infection Control team and consultant microbiologists to manage antimicrobials usage effectively throughout the Trust as part of Antimicrobial Stewardship.
• To liaise directly with clinical directors, consultants, senior pharmacists, senior nurses and other key staff to promote and manage antimicrobials effectively.
• To manage the design, production, distribution and interpretation of antimicrobial usage reports for clinical directors, consultants and other key stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice on pharmaceutical matters relating to antimicrobial prescribing and use.
• To lead and undertake a programme of audits which demonstrate safe and cost-effective prescribing of antimicrobials, compliance with Trust policies, and other national guidelines.
• To attend and make active contributions to Infection Control Meetings, sepsis steering group and other associated meetings across the Trust.
• To actively contribute to the regional and national antimicrobial stewardship initiatives and the implementation of guidelines into the Trust. To review and update the clinical and prescribing guidance as appropriate.
• To monitor and interpret published evidence and computer reports of drug usage, regarding antimicrobials across the trust and to use this data to report to the lead clinicians and Director of Pharmacy.
• To implement agreed policies aimed at improving patient outcomes and containing drug expenditure.
• To coordinate pharmacist participation in the attendance at regular antimicrobial ward rounds
• Develop, organise and deliver education and training to medical and other clinical staff to support effective antibiotic prescribing.
• Propose, develop and present business plans for new antimicrobials and other measures to ensure optimal antibiotics treatment of the Trust’s patients.
• To attend and contribute to regional and National antimicrobial stewardship meetings.
• To be an active member of the Hospital Root Cause Analysis panel with responsibility for antimicrobial stewardship.
• To strategically co-ordinate and evaluate a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to the Clinical Networked services in accordance with the priorities set by the Principal Pharmacist in Clinical Services in order to ensure safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines including antimicrobials in patients.
• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services to a designated cancer disease group in accordance with all departmental, Trust and national standards, procedures, and policies.
• To qualify as an independent prescriber and prescribe to appropriate patients in agreement with the relevant Consultants.
• To develop and maintain drug protocols and treatment guidelines both within the clinical pharmacy service, reviewing evidence-based guidelines and protocols in conjunction with fellow healthcare professionals, in order to advance the safe, clinical effective and cost-efficient use of medicines for patients.
• To support the further development of the Electronic Prescribing process across the Trust.
• To support prescribing at the individual patient level, contributing to the optimisation of patients’ drug therapy with due consideration to risk/benefit issues.
• To provide pharmaceutical care, contributing to the multi-professional team through ward pharmacy services and attendance on appropriate clinician’s ward rounds and meetings.
• Facilitate effective communication about relevant pharmacy issues to clinicians and senior managers and the identification of opportunities for development of pharmacy services to match identified services and care needs.
• To demonstrate awareness and commitment to the Trust’s Clinical Governance Plan
• In conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist in Clinical Services, to establish processes for the setting of standards of care, identifying the risks involved and implement changes that need to occur to achieve these.
• To proactively develop clinical pharmacy services within the Trust in line with local and national objectives.
• To undertake clinical audit and practice research as part of the multi-disciplinary audit process within the designated disease group and clinical pharmacy service.
• To identify and report any systemic or preventable errors associated with medicines within the Clinical Networked Services and facilitate learning.
• To liaise with the Director of Pharmacy, and the lead consultants, to forecast drug expenditure.
• Gain an understanding of the principle and practice of the Trust's budgeting system and support the management of drug expenditure by clinicians and senior managers.
• Represent the pharmacy service at appropriate clinical unit and divisional meetings on request.
• To provide evaluated pharmaceutical information to the Drugs and Therapeutic Committee as requested
• To identify or forecast any changes in prescribing practices that may potentially impact on the drugs budget (drug forecasting)
• To identify resources required and produce and implement business plans for all proposed developments of the pharmacy clinical services.



Education and training role
• To assist and participate in the development, implementation and management of training initiatives and competency frameworks within the clinical pharmacy service, in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacist for Clinical services and the Lead Technician for Education and Training.
• To contribute to the development of assessment methods and competency frameworks to validate learning for specialist oncology pharmacists and to participate in the monitoring, audit, and review of the training programmes with regard to antimicrobials.
• To ensure ward pharmacists training needs are identified and met within the Trust.
• To act as a hospital-based tutor to pharmacists undertaking post graduate diploma / equivalent qualification as required
• To participate in the clinical training of pharmacists and Foundation year pharmacists and clinical technicians with regards to antibiotic stewardship initiatives



General Duties
• To act as a mentor / role model to junior pharmacists and undertake regular appraisals.
• To participate in clinical audit or practice research as required
• To participate in research opportunities internal or external to the Trust in collaboration with disease group or university faculties
• To actively participate in the clinical pharmacy ward service rota to all patients within the Trust as required
• To represent pharmacy and act as a link person at relevant meetings and conferences.
• To be responsible for the clinical screening/review of chemotherapy prescriptions for designated patient groups, including clinical trial prescriptions and to clinically screen/ review in-patient and outpatient prescriptions.
• To check and supply medication to and for patients, including clinical trials and to counsel patients or medical or nursing staff on their correct use.
• To participate in prescription clinical screening and final product checking rotas.
• To give advice on the storage, administration, and therapeutic use of drugs to patients, medical / nursing staff, and other colleagues. To provide written information as necessary.
• To contribute to the revision of the Trust’s drug formulary.
• To identify own training needs.
• Maintain a CPD portfolio.
• To participate in all department rotas, weekend working service and Bank Holiday working and on-call as requested.
• To undertake any other duties consistent with the nature of the post as requested by the Pharmacy Managers and the Trust.


This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

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!