Staff Nurse - H5 Short Stay Spinal

Main area: Spinal Grade Band 5

Contract: Secondment: 9 months (Type of contract is 6 and 9 months to cover maternity leave)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Various - Part Time & Full Time)

Job ref: 236-SCO-NM244-25

Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Salford Care Organisation

Town: Salford

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/04/2025 23:59

Staff Nurse - H5 Short Stay Spinal

Band 5

Job overview

Adult nurses looking for an exciting challenge and a wealth of opportunities are encouraged to join our current team on ward H5.

We are a 26 bedded Spinal ward, caring for patients with a range of spinal conditions from across the Greater Manchester Region. Alongside the ward senior nursing team, the ward is supported by specialist spinal nurse teams and advanced nurse practitioners.

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for supporting our Team to ensure that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.

You will embrace the challenge of working in a highly diverse environment, committed to becoming the safest organisation in the NHS.

As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and wellbeing and go the extra mile to ensure compassionate and personalised patient care.

Main duties of the job

As a registered nurse, you will work as part of our H5 team to ensure that care given to our patients, from admission to discharge, provides a good experience with excellent standards of care. You will work collaboratively with all members of the MDT and specialist nurses. Responsibilities include:

1. Medication management, including checking and administration.
2. Demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills.
3. Showing a high level of compassion for patients and their relatives.

You will be developed by our dedicated training professionals, including our specialist spinal nurses. You’ll have access to a wide range of learning opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities, including seminar rooms, an IT suite, a library, skills labs, and an on-site simulation suite. You’ll also have access to CPD to help take your career in the right direction.

You will be supported to develop the competence and confidence you need as an effective, independent healthcare professional. You’ll receive a full induction programme, benefit from classroom-based training, and clinical skills assessments.

Working for our organisation

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 mean we can provide more challenges 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.

Detailed job description and main 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 in 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.

• Evidence of involvement in teaching and mentoring learners
• Evidence of CPD
• Evidence of supervision
• Spinal / neuro surgery experience

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible, and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. Our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

For posts advertised on a fixed-term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed-term contracts will only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.