Job Description

This role is for a Senior Specialist Clinician and Team Leader role (Physiotherapist or Nurse) within the North West Ventilation Service (NWVS). The post holder will work alongside the Consultant Respiratory/ICU Physicians, and Lead Nurse and Lead Physiotherapists. This role involves planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the services provided to patients referred into this regional tertiary service on a daily basis. The post holder will manage an independent caseload of patients and deliver a high standard of patient supervision in relation to this area of speciality. The NWVS cares for a wide cohort of patients with non invasive and tracheostomy ventilation.



Rotation between NWVU and outreach teams



Possess a high level of skills



interpretation and analysis of clinical/non-clinical/technical data to triage and formulate care plans across a cohort of patients



Teaching, training and supervision of staff/patients/carers. Formal and informal



Autonomous working in hospital settings and in the community



Clinical responsibility for patient caseloads in a hospital/outreach setting



Clinical support for highly complex patients throughout various procedures/surgeries with pre and post workup and recovery plans



Extended skills in relation to ventilation/tracheostomy



Adherence to guidelines, policies and protocols



Training and performance management of junior staff/performance management and HR managerial duties



Excellent communication skills including the ability to provide highly complex discharge care plans and training schedules



Day to day NWVS/Unit management workload, including the MDT



Audit and research



Training and educational duties



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.



To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the & 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 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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .



We're looking forward to hearing from you!