Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Do you want to work for an outstanding organisation that is truly passionate about developing your career? We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate to join our friendly, supportive and exciting family team on Ward H3 at Salford Royal Care Organisation, part of the Northern Care Alliance.
Main Duties of the Job
You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within Ward H3. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, teamwork, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience, and initiative are paramount. H3 is a 25-bedded Renal Ward, with patients at a variety of different stages of Kidney failure, including end-stage renal failure patients who require inpatient dialysis.
Training will be provided to the successful candidate. You will need to have experience of working in an acute hospital environment or community setting as well as a Nursing Associate qualification at level 4. Experience of working with patients with acute medical conditions would be an advantage.
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 mean 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 Responsibilities
In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme, we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual preference, nationality, religion, marital status, social background, or trade union membership. Please note this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applicants are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
* Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
* Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
* Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
* Understanding of the requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
* Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
* Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
* Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
* Ability to deal with the non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact.
* Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal, and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers, and colleagues.
* 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.
* Have effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
* Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately, and kept up to date.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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