Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical nurse specialist to join one of the two nationally commissioned services for Complex NF1 based within Genomic medicine at St Mary's hospital, Manchester. Working within a small established team of NF1 clinical nurse specialists and  alongside internationally recognised experts, you’ll enjoy opportunities to develop both the role and your skills. You will make a real difference to the care our patients receive. With excellent and effective interpersonal and clinical leadership skills you will enjoy multi-disciplinary working and the challenge of working across boundaries with other NHS trusts across the North of England.

The service covers the lifespan however this role is to primarily manage the paediatric caseload therefore RN Child/ RSCN is essential.

Previous experience of neurology/neurosurgery, oncology, community or nurse specialist would be beneficial. Previous experience of neurofibromatosis is not essential as full training and support to develop the role will be given. 

Main duties of the job

Working within the Multi-disciplinary Complex NF1 team the post holder will provide specialist knowledge and care to children and adults with Complex NF1 in the North of England, ensuring they have evidence based local management with access to the Specialist MDT in Manchester at appropriate times

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.