Job summary
Are you an Adult nurses with post registration experince?

Are you looking for an exciting challenge and a wealth of opportunities are encouraged to join our current nursing workforce?

We have opportunities for highly motivated and experienced nurses, to join our expanding Neurosciences Centre.

You will be joining a team that continually go above and beyond to ensure the Trust delivers outstanding patient care.

The Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre as part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust serves the population of Greater Manchester. The centre has over 150 in-patient beds with sub-specialities including complex ENT, Spinal Surgery, short stay and complex, Major Trauma, Acute Neurology, Stroke Services (Hyper-acute and Rehabilitation), Programme Investigation Unit, and Hyper- Acute Neuro Rehabilitation.

In return we will give you:-

• Opportunities to gain broad and varied experience and expertise to further your career in nursing
• Support from our experienced supportive senior nursing senior team including corporate Matron, Lead Nurses, Consultant Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• Flexible hours to accommodate your personal circumstances
• Full induction programme supported by our dedicated Practice Development Team.
• Specialised ongoing educational development.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for Qualified Nurses, with post registration experience, with a passion for delivering high standards of care to work within this area.

You will be able to:

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
• Aspire to deliver excellent standards of care
• Be able to work collaboratively with all members of the MDT
• Demonstrate a high level of compassion for patients and their relatives

You will embrace the challenge of working in a highly diverse environment, committed to becoming the safest organisation in the NHS.

You will be registered with the NMC and have experience of working in a hospital environment or be a newly qualified nurse

Ward B7 is a 25 bedded neurosurgical unit, caring for patients with a range of neurosurgical conditions . Nursing staff caring for patients in this area will have opportunity to gain and develop skills in care of pre and post-operative patients, caring for patients with a wide variety of spinal conditions including long term paralysis, oncology and elective spinal surgery.

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.

Job responsibilities
This vacancy is open to experienced nurses only who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse in the UK.

Please note an NMC PRN Pin is not a full NMC Pin and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.

The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/

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

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)

Experience

• IT Skills - communicates succinctly, clearly and accurately in writing
• Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge
• Be an effective team member who is able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care
• Post Registration Experience

Desirable

• Experience of the use of clinical systems
• Demonstrate initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus
• Ability to use reflective practice, to continuously improve the standard of patient care

Qualifications

• Degree / diploma in nursing studies (or equivalent nursing qualification and experience)

Desirable

• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
• Evidence of involvement in teaching
• Evidence of mentorship qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.