Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our innovative Neurosurgical and Neurovascular Service, supporting the care of patients with a wide range of complex neurovascular conditions.

As part of a specialist multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering high quality patient care throughout the patient journey. You will build strong relationships with patients and their families, providing expert support from admission through to follow-up care.

The role offers a diverse and rewarding caseload, including assessing patients on the ward and in outpatient clinics, participating in consultant led ward rounds, coordinating care plans, and delivering ongoing telephone support and advice. You will be at the heart of service delivery, ensuring patients receive seamless, compassionate and effective care while helping to drive excellent clinical outcomes.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic practitioner looking to develop specialist skills within a dynamic and highly regarded neurovascular team.

Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in delivering and coordinating specialist neurovascular care, providing expert assessment, advice and support to patients and their families throughout their care journey. Using a holistic and patient centred approach, you will manage complex clinical situations, communicating effectively and compassionately with patients, relatives and multidisciplinary teams.

Working closely with colleagues across the neurovascular service and wider multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure patients experience seamless, high quality care across hospital and community settings. You will be instrumental in enhancing and developing the service, using evidence based practice, innovation and clinical expertise to improve outcomes and deliver exceptional, cost-effective care for patients living with neurovascular conditions.

The role also offers the opportunity to contribute to the education and development of others, supporting specialist training programmes for healthcare professionals and learners. This is an exciting opportunity to influence practice, drive service improvement and make a meaningful difference within a dynamic and evolving specialist service.

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 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.

Details
Date posted: 30 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £4,938,700 to £5,651,500 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 236-NMT-NM195-26
Job locations: Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom

Job 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. 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 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.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Degree in nursing or Diploma in higher education in nursing
• Current NMC registration first level nurse

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential

• Substantial years Experience within a neurosurgical setting
• Demonstrates relevant specialist expertise underpinned by
• Evidence of ability to work across a number of projects and maintain documentation to a high standard
• Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately

Desirable

• Evidence of experience at self-management within a given area
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Evidence of involvement in the development of protocols and audit
• Clinical examination and diagnostics skills

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Nurse Consultant Louise Dulhanty, louise.dulhanty@nca.nhs.uk, 01612062440

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