Nursing Associate (Band 4) - Nurse Associate - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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The Division of Newborn Services is a neonatal Managed Clinical Service (MCS) working across three sites.

We are looking for the right person to join an already established Band 4 Nurse Associate team at Wythenshawe local neonatal unit.

This is a highly successful and dynamic service with a reputation for the delivery of high standards of compassionate clinical care, education and research. We want to continue to progress these aspects of our service and want a post holder who shares our vision and will rise positively to the challenges the future will hold.

Wythenshawe Neonatal Unit (NNU) is a Level Two Local NNU with 21 cots available comprising of 2 ICU, 4 HDU and 15 Special Care Cots, it also sits within the Greater Manchester Operational Delivery Network (ODN).

The Neonatal Unit provides care and treatment in line with national guidelines and professional standards where singleton births are anticipated after 26+6 weeks gestational age and multiple births are anticipated after 27+6 weeks gestational age providing the anticipated birth weight is above 800g.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for the right person to join an already established Band 4 Nurse Associate team, working with the neonatal nursing team across the MCS in our busy Newborn service.

You must be a team player with exemplary communication and interpersonal skills. You will be a caring, compassionate, skilled and a knowledgeable Nursing Associate, who works well in a busy and fast paced environment. You will be committed to the support and development of self and others and motivated to work collaboratively in order to achieve the highest standards of care for infants and families.

You will have experience in the delivery of the highest quality of care, understanding the essentials of effective and safe care that is delegated to you to provide. You will be able to deliver care in the Special Care areas of the neonatal unit and on the postnatal wards. In addition, you will be enabled to support the safe delivery of neonatal care in conjunction with the Registered Neonatal Nursing team in the Intensive and High Dependency areas of the neonatal unit, with comprehensive education and training.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 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’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

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.

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.

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 resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Skills

• Effective time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Effective communication skills written and verbal
• Able to work within a team and use own initiative
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting
• IT Skills

Attributes

• Able to relate well with patients/clients/relatives/visitors and colleagues within the multidisciplinary team
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
• Committed to continued personal and educational development

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• Nursing Association Foundation Degree Qualification
• GCSE Maths and English Level 4 or above
• Understand and act in line with the NMC
• Understanding the importance of following procedures and policies
• Evidence of teamwork and prioritising workload
• Understanding of Neonatal Care
• Further evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience working within a Critical Care Area
• Evidence of further reading around Neonates

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.