Job overview

We are offering an opportunity for 2 x Band 5 NMC Registered Staff Nurses to join our Specialist Pelvic Health Team based at Longton Cottage Hospital on a permanent basis.

We are looking for Band 5 nurses who are committed to providing high standards of holistic care to our patients to join our busy, supportive & friendly team. This is an excellent opportunity for highly skilled nurses looking for a new challenge within a speciality, managing patients with continence needs

We are a clinical treatment service delivering advice and treatment, via telephone clinics, face to face clinics and in patients own homes, enabling them to improve their quality of life around their continence needs.

By joining our team you will be able to experience the difference this makes to our families within the community.

The service operates Monday – Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) 09:00 – 17:00 

Due to the nature of community working, ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

Main duties of the job

As a highly skilled NMC Registered Band 5 nurse you will work in collaboration with the muti-disciplinary team and colleagues to:

·       Promote independence and support patient centred care planning.

·       Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with complex bladder and/or bowel conditions

·       Work autonomously, in line with your scope of practice, competence and policies.

·       Handover patient information to the wider team, document patient information effectively. 

·       Escalation of patients needs as appropriate.

You will receive support into the role through induction, training and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression if desired. 

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

·       Supporting your career development and progression

·       Excellent NHS Pension scheme

·       Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

·       Options for flexible working

·       Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave

·       Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources

·       If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients

·       Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate

·       Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

·       Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

·       Free car parking at all trust site

·       Free flu vaccinations every year

·       Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. 

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications