Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 236-SCO-CS164-24-P
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salford Care Organsisation
- Town
- Salford
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate Critical Care
Band 4
Job overview
Please note you need to be registered as a Nursing Associate with the NMC.
Critical Care comprises of a 40 bedded Critical Care Unit.
The Critical Care Unit cares for level 2 & 3 General Adult, Surgical, Neuro and Trauma patients.
We are looking to recruit a Qualified Nurse Associate to work on our Critical Care. You will be based within Critical Care and will be expected to rotate across all the areas of the NCA to gain more expertise in the diverse area of nursing within the Critical Care setting. We encourage Qualified Nurse Associate's to apply who have had the following experience during their training:
• Critical Care / HDU
• Neuroscience
• Surgical experience
• Experience working within an acute hospital setting
Main duties of the job
The Critical Care division is passionate about the quality of the care we deliver to our patients, and we are constantly striving and challenging the care we deliver. We aim to deliver a safe, clean & personal service to our patients every time.
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership.
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 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.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people 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 continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.
We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance. This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register
Essential Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE
- Foundation Degree
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
Desirable criteria
- Previous Critical Care experience
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- 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.
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phil Whelan
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01612065487
- Additional information
Matron Phil Whelan
Email - [email protected]
Telephone 0161 206 5487
Matron Keeley Steele
Email - [email protected]
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