Community Staff Nurse

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and dynamic Staff Nurses to join our forward thinking team of Nurses within Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.

Whilst community experience would be an advantage, we are keen to recruit individuals who have relevant transferable skills and are keen to develop their career in the community setting. This post requires effective communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable, and approachable.

Main duties of the job

As part of a team, you will be responsible for the assessment of nursing care needs, implementation and evaluation of care plans, and the delivery of high quality holistic care within the community setting.

You will need to be able to work independently, possess good time management and organisational skills, and be expected to be innovative and flexible to work in other areas if required to meet service need. The work is varied and interesting and will require knowledge and experience in the management of palliative care patients. Travel is an essential part of this role; please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.

The post holder will participate in the delivery of nursing care and support to patients in their own homes and have the necessary confidence and competence to work autonomously.

Working under the direction of the Team leader, being responsible for assessment and management of the health needs of an identified patient, this includes end of life care, wound care, and other clinical interventions and/or complex nursing needs. To support and wherever possible maintain patients in their own preferred place of care, enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life and independence, including promoting self-care for patients, carers, and families.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.

The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who have yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Nursing Qualification

Knowledge & Skills

• Clinical knowledge of diabetes, palliative care, wound care.
• Ability to plan and organise own work.
• Works well within a team
• V150 prescribing.

Other

• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust