Band 5
Main area Assisted conception Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 349-SMH-7020912C
Site Old St Mary's Hospital Town Manchester Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/03/2025 23:59
Job Overview
At Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust we are proud that we care for our staff as much as our patients.
The Trust is a leading integrated health, teaching, research and innovation campus in the thriving city of Manchester. We offer a unique range of services to the North West, treating and managing the simplest to the most complex conditions and diseases. For our nurses, it means the chance to gain diverse experience in pioneering teams.
‘The Department of Reproductive medicine unit provides the full range of infertility services to the Northwest of England. We provide NHS funded treatment and fee-paying services for IVF treatment cycles, frozen embryo cycles and Intrauterine insemination cycles. We also treat patients who require donor sperm, donor eggs and donor embryos.’
To join us, you will be a Registered Nurse with valid registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be able to support and contribute to a team approach, have excellent time management skills, manage own work load, have the ability to problem solve, analyse and resolve issues. In addition to this, you’ll be motivated to develop personally and professionally and have exemplary personal standards of conduct. If you are a newly qualified member of staff, you will be supported in your transition to your new role with our dedicated preceptorship program.
Gynaecological Experience Is An Advantage But Not Essential.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of patient care in a caring, compassionate and sensitive manner. Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the clinical governance process. Act as a mentor/preceptor to junior staff, with specific responsibility for pre-registration students.
The post holder will take delegated responsibility for the management of the clinical team and the maintenance of high standards of quality patient care on a shift basis.
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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Essential criteria
- First level registration – RGN Adult.
- Minimum of 12 months relevant post registration experience
- Evidence of MDT working and supporting junior colleagues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven clinical skills
- Good analytical and clinical decisional making skills.
- Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect.
- IT/Word processing skills
Desirable criteria
- Fertility/Gynaecology experience
- Evidence of teaching/mentoring qualification
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Band 5 Job description (PDF, 160.4KB)
- Band 5 Person specification (PDF, 140.5KB)
- Band 5 Functional requirements (PDF, 848.3KB)
- Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name Jennifer Wright Job title Nurse Manager Email address jennifer.wright3@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 7010757
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