Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity  to develop and evolve the care for Sickle cell and Thalassemia patients across the Northwest for Sickle cell and the North for Thalassemia, 

The role covers both the Adult and Pediatric services for the region with the Specialist Haemoglobinopathy Team based at Manchester Royal Infirmary, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital,  Royal Liverpool Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Working jointly with the MFT Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre Team to support delivery of nationally mandated Haemoglobinopathy network service requirements. This involved working closely with both Adult and Paediatric service leads and liaising with specialist hospital teams and local hospitals across the North West of England for Sickle Cell and the North of England for Thalassaemia.
• In consultation with HCC clinical leads agreeing and implementing annual workplans from across the network to support delivery of national and network workplans.
• Act as a point of contact for primary and secondary care contacts enabling them to engage with the network and influence annual development plans.
• Design, adapt and provide reports within timescales and to deadlines for a variety of clients and users. This includes information for trust internal user requests and external organisations.
• Ensuring the timely collection, collation and scheduling of the Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre MDTs.
• Lead on scheduling of local and regional education and network governance meetings and conferences.

Working for our organisation

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.