Job summary
- Main area
- Unscheduled Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 36 hours per week (rotation of days and nights)
- Job ref
- 236-OCO-NM332-25
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oldham Care Organisation
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - F8/CCU
Band 5
Job overview
Join Our Team at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a passionate and qualified nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Look no further! The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) brings together skills and services from Salford Royal NHS and The Pennine Acute Hospitals, creating one of the largest healthcare organisations in Greater Manchester and the North West.
Join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team on F8/CCU, where you'll engage in a diverse working environment that encourages professional growth and development. Here, you’ll have the chance to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge while making a positive impact on patient care.
If you have the enthusiasm and drive to thrive in a fast-paced setting, we want to hear from you! NCA offers a range of career paths, and this role provides the perfect opportunity to build advanced skills and gain the experience necessary for your career progression.
The role is pressured at times, you will need to be proactive, self-directed and have self-awareness as well as working collaboratively with a wider multi disciplinary teams.
Embrace a role where variety is the norm and where you can truly make an impact every day. If you're ready to take the next step in your nursing career, apply now and be a part of something great at the Northern Care Alliance! Your dream job awaits.
Main duties of the job
Are you ready to make an impactful change in patient care? On F8/CCU, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional patient care.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced cardiac nurse to develop their career and skills to deliver the highest quality care to patients admitted to the Coronary Care Unit.
The post holder will work on Ward F8/CCU which is an 23 bedded inpatient unit caring for patients with a wide variety of cardiac conditions such as: Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Endocarditis and Pericardial Effusions. Interventions such as pericardial drains, arterial lines and temporary pacing so training will be given to staff to become competent.
The successful candidate would be expected to participate in the 24/7 rota and will be expected to cover Long Days, Nights, Weekends and Bank Holidays as required.
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.
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. 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
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. 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 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/
Person specification
Degree / diploma in nursing studies(or equivalent nursing qualification and experience) -
Essential criteria
- Degree / diploma in nursing studies (or equivalent nursing qualification and experience)
- Nursing degree or equivalent
- Evidence of involvement in teaching
- Evidence of mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use reflective practice, to continuously improve the standard of patient care
- Demonstrate initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus
- Ability to use reflective practice, to continuously improve the standard of patient care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge
- IT Skills
- Communicates succinctly, clearly and accurately both verbally and in writing
- 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelsie O'shaughnessy
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- kelsie.o'[email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01616278878
- Additional information
Amelia Wood
Sister
01616278878
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