Job overview

The CURE Project is a comprehensive Tobacco Dependency Treatment/Support Programme for all patients that smoke and are seen by the Lung Cancer Screening Truck in an outpatient setting or  admitted to hospital across Greater Manchester.  

CURE is recognised nationally as best practice (referenced in the NHS Long Term Plan and the National Respiratory & Lung Cancer GIRFT reports) with MFT clinicians being instrumental in its developments to date. 

The Programme is inspired by the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation, which is a validated and cost-effective secondary care smoking cessation  model originating in Canada.

Data from Canada demonstrated that comprehensive secondary care treatment programme for tobacco dependency deliver immediate and highly significant reductions in admission rates and mortality.

1 fulltime position 37.5 

Main duties of the job

We require an enthusiastic, compassionate and self-motivated nurse, who has an interest and awareness of tobacco dependency and smoking related conditions.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and the ability to motivate others. They will be able to work autonomously, and link in with other healthcare teams and professionals.

The post consists of dedicated time to clinical practice, assessing  inpatients and outpatients providing behavioral support and treatments for tobacco dependency, liaising with outpatient services, health promotion and education, as well as providing advice/teaching to multidisciplinary teams across the Trust. 

The candidate should be flexible and able to travel across MFT sites and Lung Cancer Screening Trucks across greater Manchester when required. 

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.