Overview
We’re looking for compassionate and caring Nursing Assistants with a passion to be a key part of the patient care journey here at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). Our Nursing Assistants take great pride in the essential work we do, delivering consistent, high quality, patient focused care.
You’ll communicate in a sensitive and compassionate manner with patients, relatives, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, working flexibly across a range of day and night shifts over 7 days a week. Being supervised by Registered Nurses and within Trust guidelines and protocols, you’ll assist the Nursing team in delivering the excellent standard of patient care that you would expect for yourself and your loved ones. Your duties will involve supporting patients with personal care needs, including mobilising, toileting, bathing, dressing, eating and drinking. Following on the job training and assessment, you’ll learn how to undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties that include recording patient observations and changes to patient conditions.
On the Job Training Opportunities
On joining MFT, if you are new to working in healthcare, you’ll be supported to develop your knowledge and skills through our Support Worker Development Programme for Nursing Assistants which includes completion of the Care Certificate. The completion of the Support Worker Development Programme provides the opportunity to progress into a Band 3 Nursing Assistant role.
If you’re an experienced Nursing Assistant with a comprehensive range of skills and seeking a new opportunity in a Band 3 role, you’ll undertake a skills analysis when you start to ensure you meet the skills required for your role. If there are any gaps identified in your knowledge, you’ll be supported to access relevant clinical skills modules to support progression to a Band 3 post on completion. Evidence of prior learning will be reviewed and considered.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn, bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond. We champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Jane Howarth, Job title: Personal Assistant, Email: jane.howarth@mft.nhs.uk, Telephone: 01619184486
Responsibilities
* Support patients with personal care needs, including mobilising, toileting, bathing, dressing, eating and drinking.
* Work under supervision of Registered Nurses within Trust guidelines and protocols to deliver high-quality patient care.
* Assist the nursing team with delegated clinical care duties and document observations and any changes in patient condition after training.
Qualifications and progression
* Entry level opportunities available; progression to Band 3 Nursing Assistant after completing the Support Worker Development Programme (including Care Certificate).
* Experienced Nursing Assistants may have a skills analysis on joining to determine the required clinical skills modules for progression to Band 3.
* Evidence of prior learning will be reviewed and considered.
Note: This description reflects responsibilities, progression opportunities and context for the role at MFT. It does not include job board extraneous postings or non-applicable content.
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