Are you an experienced Registered Nurse that is ready for the next step in your career? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We are looking for a forward-thinking dynamic nurse to join us on our acute medical ward (Ward L7). Our chosen candidate will require strong leadership skills to work within our team.
We are a 24-bedded ward, specializing in acute general medicine, diabetes, and endocrine disorders. The ward has patients with a variety of clinical presentations and conditions, ranging from respiratory, gastrointestinal, and cardiology conditions, with patients usually being admitted directly from our Emergency Assessment Unit.
The successful applicant will need to have an abundance of post-registration experience. They will need to be able to work calmly under pressure and lead a team and deputies in the absence of the ward manager.
With this exciting opportunity, we are looking for an energetic Nurse to rise to the challenge in this service.
We offer:
1. Varied caseload / diagnosis
2. Opportunities to supervise staff / students
3. Utilize leadership skills
4. Variety of settings to treat patients
5. Effective team working
6. Service development opportunities
7. Quality Improvement project
We are looking for:
1. Experience in medicine, with relevant Acute experience
2. Awareness of National Standards / Guidelines to the area
3. Autonomous decision making
4. Excellent time management and organizational skills
5. Highly effective communication - with staff, patients, wider networks
6. Good team worker
7. Able to demonstrate initiative
8. Strong MDT skills
9. IT skills applicable to the role
You must be able to motivate staff to achieve high standards of care and possess excellent communication skills to ensure that the aims of the Trust are achieved.
If successful, we can offer you support in developing your leadership and management skills to enable you to support the Ward manager and staff to deliver high-quality care in line with the Trust's philosophy of Safe, Clean, and Personal Care.
Applicants are welcome from all nursing specialties.
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.
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.
We recognize 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.
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