Are you looking for a change in your career, to branch out and gain new experiences? We have the opportunity for a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse role within the Adult Community Nursing Single Point of Access (ACNT). The team in Bury are looking to recruit a Band 5 with a wealth of clinical skills and knowledge and be flexible and innovative to join their very supportive and extremely knowledgeable team. Support begins at the point of recruitment and throughout your role to gain competence and confidence.
The ACNT team triage all referrals for District Nursing and the Specialist Palliative Care team. Within this role, you will use all your skills and knowledge to communicate with both referrer, patients, and carers in order to ensure a safe and timely response to care. This is a dual role where, on occasions, you will provide a priority response/unscheduled care service to the registered population of Bury. You will visit patients in their own homes including residential homes and assess acutely unwell priority patients.
The post holder should have good communication skills with the ability to prioritise workload responding to patient priority and need.
This is a part-time position (15 hours). The post holder will work weekends and bank holidays, with the flexibility to cover the service until 8pm at weekends. The service runs 7 days a week, including bank holidays and weekends. Shift patterns can be negotiated to support a work-life balance, e.g., long days.
Main duties of the job
The post holder should have good organisational and assessment skills with the ability to prioritise workload responding to patient priority and need, and be flexible to cover the needs of the service. The service does provide an element of twilight cover from 5pm, this will be covered as part of a rota but the post will mainly cover the day element of the service which commences at 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. Shifts will cover weekends and bank holidays.
You will work as part of the clinical team involved in the planning, developing, and evaluation of programmes of care to the practice population and will carry out clinical skills using evidence-based practice.
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 background, or trade union membership.
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 description
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 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.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are 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
Essential
Current NMC registration IT Skills Communicates succinctly, clearly, and accurately both verbally and in writing Be an effective team member who is able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
Desirable
V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards Experience of the use of clinical systems Demonstrate initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus
Employer details
Employer name Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address Chatsworth House, Hollinsbrook business Park Pilsworth Road Bury BL9 8RN
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
236-BCO-NM541-24-A
#J-18808-Ljbffr
The ACNT team triage all referrals for District Nursing and the Specialist Palliative Care team. Within this role, you will use all your skills and knowledge to communicate with both referrer, patients, and carers in order to ensure a safe and timely response to care. This is a dual role where, on occasions, you will provide a priority response/unscheduled care service to the registered population of Bury. You will visit patients in their own homes including residential homes and assess acutely unwell priority patients.
The post holder should have good communication skills with the ability to prioritise workload responding to patient priority and need.
This is a part-time position (15 hours). The post holder will work weekends and bank holidays, with the flexibility to cover the service until 8pm at weekends. The service runs 7 days a week, including bank holidays and weekends. Shift patterns can be negotiated to support a work-life balance, e.g., long days.
Main duties of the job
The post holder should have good organisational and assessment skills with the ability to prioritise workload responding to patient priority and need, and be flexible to cover the needs of the service. The service does provide an element of twilight cover from 5pm, this will be covered as part of a rota but the post will mainly cover the day element of the service which commences at 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. Shifts will cover weekends and bank holidays.
You will work as part of the clinical team involved in the planning, developing, and evaluation of programmes of care to the practice population and will carry out clinical skills using evidence-based practice.
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 background, or trade union membership.
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 description
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 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.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are 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
Essential
Current NMC registration IT Skills Communicates succinctly, clearly, and accurately both verbally and in writing Be an effective team member who is able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
Desirable
V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards Experience of the use of clinical systems Demonstrate initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus
Employer details
Employer name Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address Chatsworth House, Hollinsbrook business Park Pilsworth Road Bury BL9 8RN
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
236-BCO-NM541-24-A
#J-18808-Ljbffr
