Staff Nurse - Ambulatory Care Unit | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Our busy Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) offers a wealth of experience and skills in a variety of specialities.

You will be joining a dedicated, hardworking team where you will receive support and encouragement to enhance your professional portfolio.

You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your nursing and clinical skills and have a chance to attend courses.

Becoming a part of our team will allow you the chance to gain a variety of transferable skills such as assessing and managing the acutely unwell patient, resuscitation, IV therapies and medicine management.

Previous experience in acute medicine would be an advantage; however we also would like to attract newly qualified staff in order to facilitate a good development opportunity.

We look forward to receiving your application and hope you are successful in joining us to help make our patients experience a positive one.

Using your clinical experience and skills you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care, both for a specific group of patients as the named care provider and in supporting the care of all patients on the ward / unit

You will assist in the management and organisation of work, as required, ensuring effective communication is always maintained and will provide support for junior staff on the ward (newly qualified staff will receive initial support)

You will play a key role in the education, development, mentorship and supervision and assessment of all learners and unregistered staff

You will undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients' needs

Be able to work collaboratively with all members of the MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) and to make referrals as appropriate

To provide support and care for the patient and his/her family respecting their need for privacy and dignity

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.