Job overview

An exciting 9 month secondment opportunity, to cover maternity leave, has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to work within a highly skilled and specialised Paediatric Urology Team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust as a senior nursing assistant.

Based across 2 Hospital sites (RMCH and Trafford), we care for patients from all over the country, providing comprehensive care in both an outpatient and in-patient setting. As one of only 2 centers in the UK to offer a specialist Bladder Exstrophy Service and as one of the leading centers within the field of Urology, you will be offered unique learning and developmental opportunities as part of your extensive induction and personal development plan.

We are looking for a positive, friendly, hard-working and motivated individual to join our welcoming and devoted team. There really couldn’t be a better time to join us, so why not find out more?

For further details or to arrange an informal visit contact:

Jenny Powell (Team Leader) [email protected] 0161 701 7707

Charlotte Greene (Modern Matron) [email protected] 0161 701 0948

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary specialist team, and be actively involved in key aspects of the service such as:

• Managing and being responsible for a diverse caseload of patients, with support from the medical and nursing team, as well as the wider MDT
• With the support of the CNS, facilitating nurse led bladder clinics, including non-invasive Urodynamics e.g. Uroflows, EMG's and Biofeedback (pelvic floor training)
• Manage patient workload effectively, ensuring patients are seen within an appropriate time frame from the point of referral
• Communicate effectively with patients and families, working collaboratively to support Urotherapy advice, increasing compliance and improving clinical outcomes
• Contribute to clinical research and data collection, with potential to present findings alongside the rest of the wider Urology team.

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.