The closing date is 17 November 2024
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for Nursing Associates to become part of the Northern Care Alliance working within Salford Care Organisation.
The District Nursing Service provides holistic care to patients and their families in their own homes and in a clinic setting. The teams are based at Lanceburn (inner city Salford), Broughton, Irlam, Swinton, Walkden and Eccles. We are looking for a part time motivated and enthusiastic Nursing Associate to come and join our team at Broughton Integrated care team.
All staff will have a six week supernumerary induction period and support from the senior nursing team. Successful applicants will have a full preceptorship programme and staff that have not previously worked in the Community will have a mentor and a designated trainer to assist with the transition into the community setting.
All applicants must hold the Nursing Associate qualification.
All applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and be a car driver
This post is to cover a maternity leave position with potential opportunity for the post to become permanent.
Main duties of the job
You will work with your own caseload with full support of your Team Leader and other members of the team. Your caseload will be varied to your skills and training requirements. It will have a variety of patients with health and social care needs. This can vary from simple dressings and medication administration to complex patient care, for example looking after people at the end of their lives who wish to remain at home. You will work closely with the MDT (Social Workers, GP’s and Allied Health Professionals) to ensure that patient care is appropriately coordinated.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Community experience
Qualifications
- Nursing Associate qualification/registration
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).