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Nightingale Centre and Prevent Breast Cancer

Outpatient Breast Clinic Sister – Full time 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic senior nurse to join the Breast Care clinic team in the Nightingale Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital. 

The role includes efficient clinic co-ordination duties, managing patients in a dedicated dressing’s clinic, and providing clinical support to the surgical and radiological teams in the one-stop triple assessment clinics. The post holder will also have managerial responsibilities pertaining to visible clinical leadership, supporting the manager in delivering the functions of the senior role including absence management and deputising in their absence, supporting the IQP project and contributing to governance processes within the unit.

A calm, diplomatic and caring approach is necessary and the candidate should have the ability to deal with the varied and challenging demands of the unit.  The post holder should also have the ability to multi-task and prioritize under pressure as well as communicate and work collaboratively within a large multi-disciplinary team.

If you are passionate about patient care, a great communicator, with excellent leadership and organisational skills and have the ability to influence change we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

This clinical role involves providing holistic nursing care in both our Consultant and nurse led clinics, knowledge of breast care is therefore desirable. 

The successful candidate will be part of a team of clinical breast nurses who are central to the delivery of high level of patient care within the multiple breast clinics which also includes facilitating asceptic procedures within a radiological setting.   

You will also be expected to manage our daily post op/acute dressings clinics, assessing and implementing care plans, therefore knowledge of acute and chronic wounds is essential.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 28,000 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.