Job overview

Sister/Charge nurse Respiratory/Ventilation

The North West Ventilation Unit provides ventilatory support (none-invasive & mechanical) to patients with neuromuscular, respiratory & neurological conditions.

We are a small 12 bedded unit with an amazing MDT within the unit and thus offer bespoke, high quality, specialist care to our patients. 

Main duties of the job

The NWVU is a 12-bedded Ventilation unit for patients requiring non-invasive ventilation for a variety of chronic respiratory, neurological and neuromuscular conditions.

The service is staffed with a full MDT including medical and nursing teams, specialist AHPs, respiratory physiologists, administrative and support teams. 

 In addition we have 2 beds with capacity for further expansion for patients weaning from invasive ventilation & those requiring long term tracheostomy ventilation.  

Suitable candidates will have ambitions to develop their clinical skills and management for patients requiring long term ventilatory support. We are seeking to appoint motivated, dynamic staff with an interest or background in respiratory/intensive care and/or general medicine. You must be able to demonstrate high quality compassionate care and be keen to develop professional skills such as taking blood gases, venepuncture and cannulation, tracheostomy management, to support patients who require non-invasive ventilation within level 1, level 2 and level 3 environments.

An informal visit is highly recommended.

You will also:

 Be dedicated and motivated in providing exceptional patient care

Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills

Work well within a multi-disciplinary team and individually

Have interest/ experience in Respiratory Medicine and/or Non-Invasive & Invasive Ventilation (NIV)

 Have a desire to develop specialized clinical skills

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.