Job overview

Are you looking for change in your nursing career? could an opportunity to work within our Out of Hours Team be your ideal job? The team in Bury are looking to recruit practitioners with a wealth of clinical skills and knowledge in order to care for the acutely ill patient, be flexible and innovative to join their very supportive and extremely knowledgeable team. Support begins at the point of recruitment and throughout your role to gain competence and confidence as an autonomous clinician, providing opportunities through training to support development through your career pathway.

The Out of Hours Team provides a priority response/unscheduled care service to the registered population of Bury, almost mirroring the assessment unit of the acute hospital. You will visit patients in their own homes including residential homes; you will be providing point of care assessment in palliative care, end of life care/support, catheter care and any unscheduled nursing need.

The post holder should have good organisational and assessment skills with the ability to prioritise workload responding to patient priority and need, be flexible to cover the needs of the service between 5pm and 8am. Shifts will cover weekends and bank holidays.

To work without direct supervision but with support from the District Nurse team leader in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the community.  To manage day to day patient care in the absence of the team leader

Main duties of the job

To work without direct supervision but with support from District Nurse Team Leader in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the community.

To manage day to day patient care in the absence of the team leader

The post holder will participate in the delivery of nursing care and support to clients within the community setting and have the necessary confidence and competence to work autonomously.

To work under the direction of the Community Nurse Team leader and to be responsible for assessment and management of the health needs of an identified population including end of life care and patients with long term conditions and/or complex nursing needs.

To support and wherever possible maintain patients in their own preferred place of care, promoting self-care enabling them to maximise their independence and optimise their quality of life 7 days per week throughout the year

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 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 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.