Job overview

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in neonatal intensive care specialty. This post offers the opportunity for successful candidates to develop and learn a range of skills in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit. 

During your post, you will be assigned to both an Educational and Clinical Supervisor and have regular appraisals with help to build your own portfolio. Time will also be allotted to attend local weekly teaching as appropriate. You will be encouraged and expected to participate with other team members in audit and on-going research in the department. Where appropriate you will also be given study leave and you will be able apply for departmental funds for attendance at courses and professional exams.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible, under the supervision of the neonatal consultants, for the day-to-day care of elective and emergency patients and to play a full part in the Tier one 1st on call rota.

You will work and liaise with the colleagues across the multidisciplinary teams to ensure an appropriate, professional and timely provision of care to patients.

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.  

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/