Quality Nurse
Closed for applications on: 10-Apr-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 10-Apr-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- North Manchester General Hospital
- Address
- Delaunays Road
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M8 5RB
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (monday - friday)
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Specialist Practitioner/ Nurse
Job overview
An exciting and innovative opportunity has arisen for a Band 7, Quality and Patient Safety Specialist Practitioner/ Nurse at North Manchester General Hospital. Working closely with the ward/department/theatre teams. You will be responsible for the delivery of the quality and patient safety agenda across the Division of Surgery.
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As the Quality and Patient Safety Specialist Practitioner/ Nurse, you will form professional collaborative relationships with the MFT Digital Transformation Team, Risk and Governance Team and the Patient Experience Team.
We are looking for a highly motivated professional to undertake this dynamic and progressive role, with the ability to work autonomously with flexibility to ensure the demands of the service are met.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
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 [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional qualification and current NMC/ HCPC registration Educated to degree level Teaching or appropriate Supervisor/ Assessor qualification Completion of leadership programme
Desirable criteria
- Qualified in speciality Evidence of level 7 studies Clinical Safety Officer for Health IT Systems Epic EPR Accreditation
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Significant experience as a registered healthcare professional Proven experience of change management Extensive experience in developing and delivering education programmes to varied audiences Experience in working across professional and organisational boundaries (internal & external)
Desirable criteria
- Experience in writing for publication Experience in MFT clinical information systems from user perspective
Clinical Practice
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience in implementing clinical information systems Aware of local issues that may be barriers to delivering transformational change Excellent communication skills, written and verbal Report writing complex and sensitive information Negotiating and influencing skills Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity Skills for facilitating change Able to demonstrate contribution of nursing role to clinical governance Competent in IT and computer skills
Desirable criteria
- End user experience of Epic systems.
Management
Essential criteria
- Collaborative style of working Ability to work across organisation with multiple disciplines Ability to manage multiple priorities Excellent time management skills Line management experience
Education and Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development Evidence of delivering trust wide teaching programmes Presentation skills for a range of audiences Experience of developing/delivering/monitoring and evaluating training programmes with clinical and non-clinical staff
Research and Audit
Essential criteria
- Experience in clinical audit Willingness to partake in related research projects Ability to share data/ results with a format that is accessible to frontline teams
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Bunnage
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07412239039
- Additional information
An additional contact:
Loretta Brown
loretta.brown.mft.nhs.uk
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