Advanced Clinical Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Band 8a Advanced Care Practitioner in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Full-time, permanent)

Do you want to work in a challenging but rewarding environment and are you able to prioritise and manage your own workload whilst also working as part of a team? We are seeking a dynamic, pro-active, highly motivated, and experienced cardio-thoracic surgical nurse with excellent clinical skills and knowledge to join our team. You will need to demonstrate excellent clinical and communication skills and be able to work autonomously as well as working effectively within the multi-disciplinary team. You will be able to demonstrate a true passion for this speciality and strive to deliver excellent care to patients throughout their journey, working closely with other members of the cardio-thoracic multi-disciplinary team. You will also have a desire to develop and improve service delivery, an enthusiasm to maintain and improve your own knowledge and skills and a willingness to educate and develop other health care professionals caring for cardio-thoracic surgical patients.

Leadership & Consultancy

**The post holder will be expected to**:
Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.

Be highly visible in the clinical areas.

**Please see attached job description**:
Job Purpose

The post holder will exercise advanced clinical expertise and advanced levels of judgement, discretion and decision-making in clinical care demonstrated through the Trust advanced competency framework. They will provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with cardiac
- and thoracic
- related conditions. They will monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. They will lead the implementation of relevant research into practice contributing to the further development of the evidence base through research and audit. They will contribute to clinical governance within the service by leading audit and research as part of the MDT within the area of cardio-thoracic surgery.

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.

Diversity Matters
We’re looking forward to hearing from you



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