Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Immunology & allergy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours a week over 4 days Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 349-MCH-6205491*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Children's Immunology & Allergy - Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Practitioner in Immunology & Allergy
Band 6
Job overview
The department of paediatric allergy and immunology based at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital provides a tertiary allergy / immunology service for children with allergies and immune disorders across the north west.
The department maintains close links with colleagues within primary, secondary and community services.
An exciting opportunity has risen for an enthusiastic, adaptable band 5 or band 6 nurse to join our team who has in interest in paediatric immunology or allergy.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist expertise, advice and education within the hospital and community settings. Working closely with the multidisciplinary to deliver high standards of care and ensure effective communication with all professionals involved throughout the patients care journey.
Being able to work autonomously within the team you will have excellent management, communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to supporting the advancement of the paediatric allergy and immunology service.
It is strongly recommended that you contact a member of the immunology and allergy service for more information if you are interested in applying for this role.
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.
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
- Qualification - RN child
- Post basic evidence of study
Desirable criteria
- Mentor to students
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of professional development
- Evidence of multi disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
- Experience in relevant area of practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to problem solve
- Able to work autonomously and part of team
- Good time management skills
- Evidence of teaching skills
- excellent written and communication skills
- knowledge of trust values
Desirable criteria
- Experience in relevant area of practice
- IT / word processing skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Farrer
- Job title
- Team Leader in Children's Immunology & allergy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01617015422
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