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Community Staff Nurse
The closing date is 24 July 2025
Exciting Career Opportunity! Join Our Dynamic Rochdale Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? We're on the lookout for enthusiastic, forward-thinking Staff Nurses to become a vital part of the Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.
Whether you're a seasoned community nurse or looking to transition your skills into a rewarding community setting, we welcome your energy and commitment. No previous community experience? No problem! We value transferable skills, a positive attitude, and a desire to grow.
What we're looking for:
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Adaptability and reliability
* A caring, approachable nature
* A passion for delivering exceptional patient care in a community environment
Join us and be part of a supportive team dedicated to providing compassionate care when it's needed most. Take the next step in your nursing career--apply today and help us make a difference in your community.
Main duties of the job
Are you a dedicated nurse ready to make a meaningful impact in people's lives? We're seeking motivated and compassionate team players to deliver high-quality, holistic care within the community as part of our dynamic Rochdale Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.
In this role, you'll take charge of assessing patients' care needs, developing and evaluating personalised care plans, and providing exceptional nursing support--all within a diverse and engaging environment. Your expertise will help patients stay comfortable and cared for in their own homes, with a special focus on palliative and end-of-life care.
What we're looking for:
* Strong independent working skills combined with excellent time management and organisation
* Creativity and flexibility to adapt to changing service needs
* Experience in managing complex cases, including wound care, palliative care, and clinical interventions
* Confidence to work autonomously, supporting patients and their families to maintain independence and quality of life
This role requires travel--if you're applying, please share how you will meet this requirement.
Join a supportive team where your skills truly make a difference. If you're passionate about providing compassionate, patient-centred care and enjoy working in a varied, rewarding environment, we want to hear from you! Apply today and help us empower our community to live well at home.
About us
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.
Job 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.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website:https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal
* Nursing degree or equivalent
Knowledge & Skills
* Clinical knowledge of diabetes, palliative care, wound care
* Ability to plan and organise own work
* Works well within a team
* V150 prescribing
other
* Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
* Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
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.
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