The Christie is pleased to be able to offer an opportunity for a suitably experienced individual to join the Haematology and Teenage and Young Adult Service (TYA) to take on a role as Ward Manager within the Palatine Ward.
Based at the Withington site, you will be a valued member of the Haematology and TYA quality team and work alongside one other ward manager. This role requires a dynamic and forward-thinking individual to support and lead the Palatine ward team.
This post will work closely with and be supported by the current Palatine Ward Manager, Lead Nurse/Matron for Palatine Ward and Directorate Lead Nurse. We are looking for a self-motivated, proactive individual who can work well independently but also as part of a team. The successful candidate will lead and manage a dynamic nursing team within the Palatine Ward and be responsible for both TYA and Haemato-oncology patients.
You must be educated to degree level with a nursing qualification and be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills.
If you are educated to a degree level with a nursing qualification and have experience in working within a dynamic and fast paced clinical environment with additional experience in haematology or TYA care, leadership and management of staff, and are able to lead and undertake clinical audit and service development; then you are the right person to consider joining the Palatine team within the Haematology and TYA directorate.
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.
The Christie haematology service acts as a tertiary referral centre for the management of patients with haematological malignancies and bone marrow failure. Inpatient haematology and transplant services for both adults and Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) patients are provided by the 31 bedded Palatine Treatment Ward, and the 4 bedded Withington Ward. Outpatient haematology services are provided by the Haematology and Transplant Day Unit (HTDU) and the ambulatory care facility. The Christie haematology service has grown extensively over the past few years with the development of new treatments and CAR T.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hanna Simpson Job title: Directorate Lead Nurse Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07920 701747
or Naomi Brennan - Matron via email
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