Sister/ Charge Nurse

Job overview

Sister/Charge nurse Respiratory/Ventilation: Maternity cover 12 month contract  April  2024 to April 2025

.The North West Ventilation Unit provides ventilatory support (none-invasive & mechanical) to patients with neuromuscular, respiratory & neurological conditions.

We are a small 12 bedded unit with an amazing MDT within the unit and thus offer bespoke, high quality, specialist care to our patients. Join us for a 12 month period and enhance your CV!

Main duties of the job

The NWVU is a 12-bedded Ventilation unit for patients requiring non-invasive ventilation for a variety of chronic respiratory, neurological and neuromuscular conditions.

The service is staffed with a full MDT including medical and nursing teams, specialist AHPs, respiratory physiologists, administrative and support teams.

In addition we have 2 beds with capacity for further expansion for patients weaning from invasive ventilation & those requiring long term tracheostomy ventilation.

Suitable candidates will have ambitions to develop their clinical skills and management for patients requiring long term ventilatory support. We are seeking to appoint motivated, dynamic staff with an interest or background in respiratory/intensive care and/or general medicine. You must be able to demonstrate high quality compassionate care and be keen to develop professional skills such as taking blood gases, venepuncture and cannulation, tracheostomy management, to support patients who require non-invasive ventilation within level 1, level 2 and level 3 environments.

An informal visit is highly recommended.

You will also:

Be dedicated and motivated in providing exceptional patient care

Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills

Work well within a multi-disciplinary team and individually

Have interest/ experience in Respiratory Medicine and/or Non-Invasive & Invasive Ventilation (NIV)

Have a desire to develop specialized clinical skills

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!