Job overview

The Paediatric Unit at NMGH cares for children from birth to 16 years with a variety of medical, surgical an mental health conditions, we also care for children requiring HDU level care. Alongside this we are carrying out increasing amounts of elective activity for specialist teams such as ENT and maxfax.

We have an exciting opportunity become available to join our band 6 team on a 9 months secondment to cover maternity leave.  

Main duties of the job

To take charge of the unit and support staff in their roles. 
To liaise with bed managers and operational managers regarding available beds on the ward as well as transfers in.  
To support the ward manager in ensuring staff appraisals are up to date and being familiar with management systems such as absence manager. 
Dealing with complaints from families as well as being able to troubleshoot daily  situations on the ward. 

Working for our organisation

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.