Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Salford Care Organisation
Town Salford
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 06/05/2025 23:59
Matron - Critical Care Shared Service
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting Band 7 opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and enthusiastic individual to become part of the Critical Care team at the Salford Care Organisation which provides a shared service for the Salford & Bury Care Organisations.
The Trust is proud to offer Safe, Clean and Personal services to patients and carers. If you have a passion for delivering high quality clinical care then this could be the role for you.
Salford Royal Critical Care is a leading specialist centre for Major Trauma, Neurosciences, Upper GI and Intestinal Failure within Greater Manchester. The Critical Care floor covers 40 level 2 & 3 beds. Fairfield Hospital has a 6 bedded Critical Care servicing the local population with specialist input for ENT Services, low risk cardiac surgery and services a local Stroke Hub.
Main duties of the job
You will need to demonstrate strong leadership, organisational and communication skills and will need to be an expert in all areas of nursing within the critical care.
You will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the critical care floor and for ensuring excellent care of the highest standard is delivered to all our patients. You will manage, support and lead a team of nurses in the provision of evidence based, quality patient centred care.
You will also provide specialist advice to patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team utilising clinical audit, research, supervision of practice and teaching. You will monitor and improve standards of care by efficient and effective use of resources.
The practitioner will manage the delivery of patient care on a daily basis. They should be expert in all areas of critical care nursing from patient’s admission to discharge, which facilitates clinical practice development. They have overall responsibility for day-to-day management of their clinical area and for ensuring all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures maintaining associated records.
They will manage, support and lead a team of nurses in the delivery of evidence based patient centred care, which is of a high standard.
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 collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC registration
* Degree level studies
* Post basic qualification in Critical Care
* Completed Level 4 Critical Care Step Competencies
Experience
* Extensive experience as band 6 on critical care
* Evidence of professional expertise acquired through CPD
* Evidence of leadership, management and team development
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.
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.
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.
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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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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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