Newborn Services is pleased to announce an exciting brand-new job opportunity for an experienced Neonatal Nurse. The role requires a highly motivated individual who is able to prioritise work, meet deadlines and work independently, the role will be based at the Oxford Road Neonatal Unit, however there must be a willingness to work across the managed clinical service and work flexible hours.
The Close Relative Marriage (CRM) neonatal nurse will proactively work with at risk families practising close relative marriage to encourage a greater level of genetic testing and/or genetic awareness/literacy among families where consanguineous related disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families to enable informed reproductive decision-making. To contribute to the reduction of health inequalities in infant and child mortality and morbidity.
The post is a fixed term position.
The post holder will support the implementation of the national strategy at local hospital provider level which will include to:
- Develop an understanding of the issues and research evidence of the subject matter.
- Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to parents and families who are affected by this issue to enable empowered decision making.
- Enable parents to make informed choices in a culturally sensitive empowering way.
- Initiate sensitive, appropriate conversations with families affected with recessive disorders linked to close relative marriage.
- Support and improve engagement with genetic services for affected families.
- Establish the role within the neonatal team and be a point of contact referral for the wider team.
- Work towards incorporating genetic information into neonatal care where appropriate.
- Help to improve access to genetics services for at risk consanguineous families.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Beech Job title: Matron Email address: victoria.beech@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 701 0089
Phi Colwell
Matron for Continuing Care
phil.colwell@mft.nhs.uk
