Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the breast care nursing team as a full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Macmillan Breast Care Nurses’ Secretary.  The successful candidate will have secretarial experience although training to use the specific systems will be given. You will be enthusiastic, reliable, flexible and able to work well within a team. The role includes answering patient telephone calls, typing letters, updating the trust IT system (Hive) amongst other duties.  You will be required to work closely with the Macmillan Breast Clinical Nursing team.

The role will be based at North Manchester General Hospital and Royal Oldham Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively with the Macmillan Breast CNS team to provide a seamless service, which is responsive to patients’ / carers’ / relatives’ needs.

Communicate effectively with members of the multi-disciplinary team to avoid delays in pathway and to keep patient informed at all times.

Ensure that all aspects of care / interaction with patients / carers / relatives are documented in line with Trust policy and on the department’s IT systems.

Triage telephone contacts providing basic advice and refer to Macmillan Breast CNS’ as required or sign post patients to other sources such as booking and scheduling.

To share knowledge and information, supporting colleagues to promote a cohesive team and the achievement of objectives for the service.

Be involved with data collection and audits to analyse the Macmillan breast CNS service and improve patient care.

To take responsibility for the planning and prioritisation of own workload, using own initiative.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & 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.