Job overview

The Paediatric Gastroenterology Specialist Nursing team at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital work within a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist nursing support for children and young people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Intestinal failure requiring Home Parenteral Nutrition. The team also provides a nurse-led investigation service.

This is an exciting opportunity for an additional two nurses to join our Paediatric Gastroenterology Nurse Specialist team. We are looking for a registered children nurse(s), who is proactive, dynamic and self-motivated, with experience in delivering nursing care to patients and families with intestinal failure and/or inflammatory Bowel Disease. The team is entering a period of new and innovative developments aiming at enhancing our patient journeys and providing up to date evidenced based care which meets local, national and international standards. 

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Nurse role will involve working closely within the multidisciplinary team and will be a crucial part of ensuring that our patients receive the best possible care and service. In addition, they will contribute to developing and delivering education to a wide range of staff and will be working with families and other professionals in both the hospital and community settings. Audit and research are also an inherent part of this role.

Applicants should be able to work independently and with supervision, to be able to prioritise their workload and use their own initiative whilst recognizing their limitations and when to seek support. Individualised training and supervision will be provided by the existing team and there will be opportunities to participate in external courses and educational events as appropriate. 

The successful candidate(s) will ideally have a minimum of three years nursing experience within the NHS at Band 5 or 6 level, although additional training and development opportunities will be provided for the right candidate.

There are two posts available, one full time (37.5hours) and one part time (30hours).

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.