Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Renal Team as a Hepatitis B Vaccination Nurse. If you're looking for career development as a Renal Specialist Nurse working with Renal patients then you're in the right place.

MFT are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to support and enhance the development of the Renal Anaemia nursing service.

We are interested in hearing from nurses who have at least 2 years experience in Renal Medicine. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, aspirational and caring. They will be able to work within our well established Anaemia nursing team to support Renal patients with a primary focus on Hepatitis B Vaccination and surveillance. This is an excellent opportunity to gain further knowledge and experience within this specialty and further develop your clinical skills. There will be opportunities to develop autonomous practice, experiencing high level work and develop specialist skills with support from the Renal Consultants and Specialist nursing team.

Successful candidates will be passionate about the nursing profession and patient care.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.4bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating the most exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and 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're proud to be one of the major academic research centres and education providers in England and Research and Innovation is the heart of all we do, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We're also excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable and tackling climate change.

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.

Join us and you'll work with some of the best people in the NHS, thriving in a Trust united in its values, purpose and commitment to our patients and a drive for continual innovation and improvement.

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.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the 'NHS England' website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

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 Apply.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Relevant professional qualification
• Educated to degree level
• Specialty qualification
• Evidence of Level 3 studies
• Renal Course

Desirable criteria