Job overview

An exciting specialist nurse opportunity to cover Maternity leave within the Renal multi professional team to ensure that patient’s receive seamless care within the Renal Assessment Service (RAS) & Renal Outpatient Department (ROPD) within The Northern Care Alliance -  including within associated Kidney Care Centre’s and Community Teams.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist advice to support the assessment, planning and implementation of programmes of care of renal patients at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust including within associated Kidney Care Centre’s and Community Teams.

To lead on and provide independent RAS nurse-led clinics for patients within renal services facilitating admission avoidance & discharge facilitation.

To lead on, establish and maintain specialist education and training programmes for other staff and learners.

To lead on service development within RAS & ROPD to provide new and on-going developments in working practices to improve the quality of care delivered and resilience within the 

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.