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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced, motivated, innovative and hardworking senior nurses to join Newborn Services at St Mary's Managed Clinical Service (MCS). 

You  will have a specific site base but  may be required to work across the MCS if service needs require.  You will have excellent communication skills, be able to provide clinically excellent care and  be able to promote and lead the delivery of high quality care.  

High quality evidenced based care is the hallmark of our service and all Band 7 Senior Sisters  are expected to participate in quality improvement initiatives  and support future developments within the service. 

We pride ourselves in working collaboratively as a multidisciplinary team in  delivering excellent quality of care along with as positive an experience for families as possible. We provide a cutting-edge service, and this is your opportunity to influence the experience of infants and families by contributing to the leadership of a strong and dedicated workforce, role modelling positive behaviours, supporting the team to deliver the highest standards of safe and effective care.

This post is pivotal within the unit nursing structure.

Main duties of the job

You will have specialist clinical knowledge, leadership and management skills  to support the organisation in the delivery of the highest quality of care. This will involve both the provision of direct care to infants at all levels of dependency and, on a rota basis, coordination of the Unit to ensure that patient flow is maintained, and capacity optimised across the MCS. You will lead by example, role modelling positive values and behaviours. Part of this valuable leadership role is to be directly involved in quality improvement, leading on specialist interests essential to high standards of care.

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.