We are pleased to invite applications to join our Critical Care Outreach Team. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and driven to improve patient care and experience. They will be an excellent oral and written communicator and they will use their well-developed clinical and professional leadership skills to encourage and promote best outcomes for patients, their relatives and carers. Excellent interpersonal skills are paramount for this post together with confidence to engage and work with a range of colleagues at all levels and from all professional groups.
The successful candidate will provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualized, holistic patient care for acutely ill or deteriorating patients within both inpatient and outpatient settings, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. They will lead and support a team of band 6 CCOT nurses, and deputise for the Lead Nurse, in their absence.
You need to be a dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated and pro-active individual. The successful applicant will have experience and knowledge of treating acutely ill patients and must be able to demonstrate sound leadership skills.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kirsty McLeod Job title: Matron Email address:
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