Specialist Nurse for Non-Invasive Ventilation

Job overview

An exciting 12 month secondment opportunity has arisen within Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced nurse to join our busy Long Term Ventilation service as a band 6 specialist nurse for non-invasive ventilation, working with children and young people who require non-invasive respiratory support for a range of medical conditions.

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The post holder will support the Long Term Ventilation (LTV) MDT in caring for patients who require non-invasive CPAP, or non-invasive ventilation for a wide range of health conditions. 

The post holder will commence patients on ventilation following investigations, ensuring the child and family are supported and empowered to continue the treatment successfully at home. The post holder will follow up with families regularly, be a support for community teams and local District General Hospitals, sharing knowledge and skills to empower community teams to support patients and families at home. 

The post holder will provide education sessions to medical teams and ward staff across MFT to ensure safe, evidence based care across our hospitals. The post holder will educate parents, carers and care packages, where required, to a high standard of care and participate in audit and research. In conjunction with the LTV MDT, the post holder will ensure that the education package is fit for purpose in terms of their roles and that individual competencies are reviewed to provide a safe, high quality and efficient service.

Working for our organisation

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.