Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: To support cross site working as required (Rotational Post)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will require to support trust out of hours oncall)
- Job ref
- 349-CSS-7864561*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- ORC
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse- Interventional Radiology
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated and committed staff nurses to join our dedicated nursing team in the Department of Radiology at Manchester Royal Infirmary site. This post holder will be working in ORC mainly and supporting all three Interventional radiology sites of MFT ( ORC, Wythenshawe and North Manchester) as necessary to support cross site staffing cover for elective as well as out of hours IR service staffing requirements.
Manchester Royal Infirmary is part of a leading integrated health, teaching, research, and innovation campus in the thriving city of Manchester. We offer a unique range of services to the North West, treating and managing the simplest to the most complex conditions and diseases. For our nurses it means the chance to gain diverse experience in pioneering teams. The post holder will also need to undertake out of hours on call commitments as per on call rota.
We show our care for our staff through excellent development and progression opportunities including gaining experience in the care of patients before during and after radiological interventions such as CT guided lung biopsy, vascular angiography, liver biopsy and biliary stenting. This starts with a comprehensive induction programme, but doesn’t end there.
Main duties of the job
Support with the responsibility of coordination and safe effective management of the interventional radiology patients across all areas of IR, CT & Ultra sound as delegated by the Ward Manager/Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
Be responsible for the delivery of clinical expertise in all aspects of nursing care of patients within radiology department
Be able to assist with interventional procedures as a scrub nurse, and also undertake role as monitoring nurse and recovery nurse .
Participate in the out of hours on call service once trained and competent
Carry out nurse led discharge for client group in accordance with the agreed discharge criteria.
Take lead and support with quality improvement projects in supporting IR services
Ensure and contribute to clinical environment being conducive to supporting the education and learning of all staff and students
As a multi skilled practitioner after appropriate training work on a rotational basis within other areas of the department such as Interventional rooms, recovery area Ultrasound, CT, MR scan to support nursing care of patients as necessary.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.
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Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- registered with RGN qualification
- Experience of continuous professional education
- Experience of working at senior band 6/band 5 level within a large organization
Desirable criteria
- level 3 studies
- Leadership & Management studies
Experience
Essential criteria
- IR nurse experience
- Evidence of taking up senior IR nurse roles
Desirable criteria
- experience of clinical audit
- awareness of Risk management
Skills & knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate Excellent communication
- evidence of Workload management of self & others
- demonstrate good clinical decision making skills
- Awareness of clinical governance process
Desirable criteria
- Good IT & work processing skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Motivational for personals & professional development
- Ability to work with colleagues at all levels
- Inspirational and demonstrate good working relationships
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of problem solving & negotiation skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jyothi Mendonca
- Job title
- Senior Sister - Imaging Division - Radiology ORC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 276 4553
- Additional information
Tomas Cywinski
Interim Matron
01612768584
Heather Proverbs
01612912191
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