Paediatric Tracheostomy Specialist Practitioner

6 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse with experience in caring for babies and children with tracheostomies to undertake a 12 month secondment, covering the current post holder’s maternity leave.

The post holder will be a member of the tracheostomy MDT and work closely with the ENT and nursing teams throughout the hospital to ensure that children and their families receive quality care and have a positive experience before and following formation of a tracheostomy. They will also support a high standard of ongoing care to all tracheostomy patients admitted within RMCH and babies in St Mary’s Hospital.

Within this post you will support the pathway for patients and their family before and after the formation of tracheostomy, help staff in the development and maintenance of skills in tracheostomy care through teaching sessions, maintain a high standard practice throughout RMCH/NICU and work cohesively with community services and local hospitals to ensure that patients receive a consistent standard of care after discharge.

Please see Job Description for further information on the key responsibilities for this role.

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.

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We’re looking forward to hearing from you



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