Community Staff Nurse - West
Job overview
Join Our Dynamic Adult Community Nursing Team in Radcliffe.
Are you ready to make a real difference in people’s lives? We’re seeking a passionate and driven Band 5 Community Staff Nurse to bring their enthusiasm and skills to our dedicated team! If you’re newly qualified or looking to advance your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Why Join Us?
Flexibility: Work in a vibrant environment over a seven-day period from 08:00 to 20:30, allowing you to fit your career around your lifestyle.
Impact: Be a vital part of an integrated neighbourhood team, collaborating with co-located health and social care professionals to provide exceptional care to our community.
Growth: We embrace new talent! As a newly qualified nurse, you’ll receive the support and mentorship you need to thrive in your role and advance your skills.
Bring Your Voice: Excellent communication skills are essential in this role as you’ll be building meaningful relationships with patients and working closely with a dedicated team. This is your chance to shine and be a key player in transforming patient care!
If you’re motivated to contribute to our community’s health and well-being while gaining invaluable experience, we want to hear from you.
Apply now and take the next step in your nursing career with us.
Main duties of the job
Are you ready to make a real difference in people’s lives? We are a vibrant and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering exceptional care, support, and guidance to patients, their families, and our community.
In this rewarding role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the future of Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) working. You'll take the lead on exciting new initiatives aimed at preventing hospital admissions and facilitating smoother, faster discharges.Collaborating closely with our dedicated team leader, you will provide tailored care to a diverse range of patients, both those with complex and non-complex needs.
Our mission? To empower individuals to reclaim their independence and master self-management — and we need you to help us achieve this mission.
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.
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 an 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 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: [...]/
Person specification
community nurse
Essential criteria- NMC registration
- Community Experience
- IT skills
- Coaching skills
- Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Working autonomously
- NCA trust values
- Computer skills working with System one
- Evidence based practice
- Trust guidelines and policies
- Team values
- Transferable skills
- Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
V150
Essential criteria- V150/V300 Non Medical Prescribing
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. So, 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.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be 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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