Job summary
This role is for a Senior Specialist Clinician and Team Leader role (Physiotherapist or Nurse) within the North West Ventilation Service (NWVS). The post holder will work alongside the Consultant Respiratory/ICU Physicians, and Lead Nurse and Lead Physiotherapists. This role involves planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the services provided to patients referred into this regional tertiary service on a daily basis. The post holder will manage an independent caseload of patients and deliver a high standard of patient supervision in relation to this area of speciality. The NWVS cares for a wide cohort of patients with non invasive and tracheostomy ventilation.
Main duties of the job
Rotation between NWVU and outreach teams
Possess a high level of skills
interpretation and analysis of clinical/non-clinical/technical data to triage and formulate care plans across a cohort of patients
Teaching, training and supervision of staff/patients/carers. Formal and informal
Autonomous working in hospital settings and in the community
Clinical responsibility for patient caseloads in a hospital/outreach setting
Clinical support for highly complex patients throughout various procedures/surgeries with pre and post workup and recovery plans
Extended skills in relation to ventilation/tracheostomy
Adherence to guidelines, policies and protocols
Training and performance management of junior staff/performance management and HR managerial duties
Excellent communication skills including the ability to provide highly complex discharge care plans and training schedules
Day to day NWVS/Unit management workload, including the MDT
Audit and research
Training and educational duties
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Physiotherapy or Nursing Degree
- Current Health Professional Council Registration or NMC registration
- CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Relevant post-graduate course
- Leadership/Management Course
- Membership of relevant Specialist Interest Groups
- Educational or Training qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous clinical experience of non-invasive/invasive ventilatory support/tracheostomy
- 2 years' experience as a Band 6 in a Respiratory setting
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of supervising and educating less experienced staff, and assistants
- Experience of End of Life care and management
Desirable
- Knowledge of the working of community services
- Involvement with audit and research
- Membership or clinical responsibility for regional/department/Trust groups e.g. Health and Safety
- Experience working in a respiratory service with NIV patients/paediatric transitioning/tracheostomies/ invasive ventilation/weaning
- Experience in undertaking outpatient clinics
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Physiotherapy or Nursing Degree
- Current Health Professional Council Registration or NMC registration
- CPD portfolio
Desirable
- Relevant post-graduate course
- Leadership/Management Course
- Membership of relevant Specialist Interest Groups
- Educational or Training qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous clinical experience of non-invasive/invasive ventilatory support/tracheostomy
- 2 years' experience as a Band 6 in a Respiratory setting
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of supervising and educating less experienced staff, and assistants
- Experience of End of Life care and management
Desirable
- Knowledge of the working of community services
- Involvement with audit and research
- Membership or clinical responsibility for regional/department/Trust groups e.g. Health and Safety
- Experience working in a respiratory service with NIV patients/paediatric transitioning/tracheostomies/ invasive ventilation/weaning
- Experience in undertaking outpatient clinics
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North West Ventilation Service, Manchester Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe site
Entrance 2, Southmoor Road
Wythenshawe
M23 9LT
Employer's website
https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
