Paediatric Tracheostomy Specialist Practitioner
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse with experience in caring for babies and children with tracheostomies to join the RMCH ENT team as a permanent Tracheostomy Specialist Practitioner.
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Relevant professional qualification
- Degree
- Post graduate studies at Masters
- Teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience in relevant speciality
- Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
- Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development, both clinical and managerial
- Experience of managing babies/children with tracheostomies
- Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups