Overview
Are you a health care assistant / support worker that has a desire to work within a great team, with remarkable people, who make a difference every day? If this is you, then we would love you to come and work with us and see for yourself the difference you can make within your role.
The post holder will work alongside immediate team colleagues and external multidisciplinary partners, to deliver continuing care packages for children and young people, aged 0 - 19, who have life limiting / complex care needs and or technology dependence. The hours worked will be based within family homes and community settings across a 7 day working week and across day, evening and night shifts.
The post holder will work within the Children\'s Long-term Ventilation and Complex needs team but may at times utilise their skills and knowledge, by working across other areas of the wider children\'s community nursing service as deemed necessary and appropriate by the service lead.
About the Trust
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.
What We Offer
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 looking for experienced people to join our children\'s long term ventilation team; this dynamic service has its footprint within the Oldham locality and is provided mainly within family homes, but also across special school sites and community-based settings.
Visa and Salary Information
Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website.
As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.
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