Job overview

We wish to recruit an exceptional band 6 Specialist nurse to work within the established Burns Trauma and Rehabilitation team, within the acute setting, based at Wythenshawe Hospital.  This role will require flexibility and will involve working in multiple settings, including other hospitals and community. It will require a team player able to work autonomously within the scope of practice. in the Nurse-Led clinics.  It is essential to be a car user and hold a full clean UK driving license.

The role requires wound care knowledge and ideally experience within Burns or Plastic surgery.

Main duties of the job

The role also requires someone with excellent communication skills and the ability to work in partnership with a diverse multidisciplinary group of patients, team leaders, and be prepared to make clinical decisions effectively within your own professional scope of practice.

You will need a positive attitude, be a team player and have a clear focus on our patient’s health and wellbeing throughout their journey, through the Burns Service

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.