Main area Surgery Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (full training in relation to speciality given) Hours Part time - 36 hours per week (Nights & days on rotation) Job ref 236-SCO-NM474-25
Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salford Care Organisation Town Salford Salary £31,049 - £37,796 Pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 03/08/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse - General Surgery
Band 5
Job overview
You will embrace the challenge of working in a highly diverse environment, committed to becoming the safest organisation in the NHS. You will be registered with the NMC and have experience of working in a hospital environment.
We are looking to recruit post graduated nurse who are passionate about the quality of care we deliver to our patients.
You will receive support from an experienced and well-established senior nursing team. In addition to your Trust induction the Trust offers a Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.
Main duties of the job
Main Tasks & Overview of Responsibilities
· Establish and maintain effective communication with patient/carers and families about complex matters providing a warm welcoming and enabling environment to support therapeutic relationships
· Develop specialist knowledge, in area of practise, underpinned by theory
· Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing care and adjust the programmes of care where indicated along with maintaining the health, safety and security of self and others in own work area.
· Contribute to the development of services
· Contribute to quality improvement
· Support patients, carers and staffs equality, diversity and rights
· Plan, allocate, assess and provide feedback to team members
· You will practice in accordance with the professional, ethical and legal framework for nursing
Ability to work flexibly and unsocial hours to meet the demands of the service
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.
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
* Nursing degree or equivalent
* Mentorship/ teaching and learning qualification
Experience
* Experience within Surgery
Experience
* Intravenous Therapy
* Wound care
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.
For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.
The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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