Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our TB Nursing Team. We are looking for full time/ 12 month fixed term Band 6 TB Nurse Specialist.

The position is open to anyone meeting the criteria, and secondment opportunities will be considered.

We are a small team of TB nurses covering the TB services at North Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury localities, and the position holder will have the opportunity to work across all sites.

The post is based within the Infectious Disease Department at North Manchester General Hospital, and the team deliver care both virtually and face to face, in clinics and in patients own homes. We support adults, children and families with active and latent TB.

We  cover a 5 day week, and offer flexible opportunities over the 5 days to encourage a good work life balance.

We are looking for a flexible, dynamic person to support the team in delivering excellent care to a varied, often complex, patient group.

Main duties of the job

Using your clinical experience and skills you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of programmers of care, responsibility for a designated workload and demonstrate clinical reasoning skills in the management of patients with active TB, latent TB and suspected TB

You will provide support for patients and family on TB treatment by undertaking home visits, telephone interviews and assessment in clinical areas, this will include actively participating in outpatient clinics, whilst respecting their need for privacy and dignity.

You will undertake nursing interventions, including, Mantoux skin testing, consistent with evidence based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients’ needs

You will plan the management and organisation of work, as required, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.