Staff Nurse - Endoscopy | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Due to the expansion of Endoscopy services in the Oldham area and the opening of a brand new Endoscopy Unit at the Community Diagnostic Centre, the Northern Care Alliance has some exciting opportunities in all areas of Endoscopy.Applicants are invited to apply for a Band 5 Staff Nurse position which will work at one of the endoscopy units of the Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary and the Oldham Community Diagnostic Centre.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our specialized team. Our endoscopy units are dynamic undertaking a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopic procedures for both inpatients and outpatients. You need to be flexible, hardworking and appreciate the need for professional development within your clinical practice to ensure we establish a responsive and effective team.

We provide a seven day service and participation in an out of hours on call gastrointestinal bleed rota is essential to meet the needs of the local community.

Informal visits to the units are welcomed, to enable applicants to familiarise themselves with the facilities.

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.

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 tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– 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.

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

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 and Midwives 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/

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 6 Oct 2024