Sister/Charge Nurse - Plastics Outpatients

Job overview

An exciting Band 6 nursing opportunity has arisen in Wythenshawe Burns and Plastics Outpatient Department which offers an extensive range of outpatient services to patients throughout the Greater Manchester area and beyond. Energy, enthusiasm and drive is required to work in this service, which holds clinics for in the Divisions of Burns and Plastics and Trauma and Orthopaedics with interaction from a wide multidisciplinary team including specialist nurses and advanced practitioners, so the opportunities to develop your skills are endless. 

We pride ourselves in offering a high standard of care with an individualised patient approach . We are always striving to improve the way we work and seek out feedback from service users to help shape our service improvements.

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To succeed, you’ll need to be committed in delivering high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect. You must have  excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development.

Applicants must possess a proven clinical and managerial career history at Band 5 or 6 and demonstrate a commitment to effective leadership.  An experience in an outpatient environment is desirable as is a commitment to outpatient service development.

The role will be based in the Wythenshawe  Outpatients Department and and will require some cross site cover at Withington and occasionally Oxford Road . Clinics run five days a week with occasional weekends. Occasionally, staff members are required to support other wards and departments within the directorate. Core working  hours are between 08:00 - 18:00  Monday to Friday. 

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.