Main area: Haematology
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2/3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekends, nights, and some bank holidays)
Job ref: 349-MRI-6951420*
Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Manchester Royal Infirmary
Town: Manchester
Salary: £23,615 - £25,674 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59
Nursing Assistant - Ward 44
NHS AfC: Band 2/3
Job overview
We’re looking for compassionate and caring Nursing Assistants with a passion to be a key part of the patient care journey here at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Our Nursing Assistants take great pride in the essential work we do, delivering consistent, high-quality, patient-focused care.
You’ll communicate in a sensitive and compassionate manner with patients, relatives, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, working flexibly across a range of day and night shifts over 7 days a week.
Main duties of the job
Being supervised by Registered Nurses and within Trust guidelines and protocols, you’ll assist the Nursing team in delivering the excellent standard of patient care that you would expect for yourself and your loved ones.
Your duties will involve supporting patients with personal care needs, including mobilising, toileting, bathing, dressing, eating, and drinking.
Following on-the-job training and assessment, you’ll learn how to undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties that include recording patient observations and changes to patient conditions.
On the Job Training Opportunities
On joining MFT, if you are new to working in healthcare, you’ll be supported to develop your knowledge and skills through our Support Worker Development Programme for Nursing Assistants. Completion of the Support Worker Development Programme will give you the opportunity to progress into a Band 3 Nursing Assistant role.
If you’re an experienced Nursing Assistant seeking a new opportunity in a Band 3 role, you’ll undertake a skills analysis when you start to ensure that you meet the skills required for your role. If there are any gaps identified in your knowledge, you’ll be supported to access relevant clinical skills modules to support your progression to a Band 3 post on completion.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We’ve created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
At Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), our Nursing Assistants take great pride in the essential work we do. Our team’s commitment to work with empathy, consideration and dignity means that we’re among the best in our field.
On joining MFT, you’ll be supported to develop your knowledge and skills through our Support Worker Development Programme for Nursing Assistants. Completion of this programme will give you the opportunity to progress into a Band 3 Nursing Assistant role.
If you’re a more experienced Nursing Assistant seeking a new opportunity in a Band 3 role, you’ll undertake a skills analysis when you start to identify any gaps in your clinical skills knowledge needed for your role. You’ll then be supported to access relevant modules from the clinical skills programme to support your progression to a Band 3 post on completion.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. You’ll need to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification for critical information needed before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and others from the virus when working in healthcare settings. While it is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* Holds National Care Certificate or be willing to undertake and complete within 12 weeks of starting
* Level 2 Apprenticeship in health care or equivalent knowledge and skill through the Trust Clinical Support Worker Development Programme
* On completion of the Trust Clinical Support Worker Development Programme, demonstrating evidence of clinical knowledge, skill and competency, the worker will move to band 3 AfC.
* Holds Functional Skills Level 1 Maths and English or equivalent education
Knowledge
* Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact.
* Experience of working within a health care environment.
Skills
* Good communication skills (written and verbal).
* Able to work as a team.
* Able to carry out well-defined routine tasks.
* Able to work on own initiative, following direction/supervision by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner.
* Able to relate well with patients/relatives/visitors/colleagues/the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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