Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the newly formed Community Diagnostic Centre team. This team will play a vital role in revolutionising the way diagnostics are delivered across the NCA.
Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing patients with a coordinated set of diagnostic tests in settings located within their community, in as few visits as possible, enabling an accurate and fast diagnosis on a range of clinical pathways.
Main duties of the job
As a band 5 qualified nurse, you will work closely with the CDC unit manager, ensuring a continuous nursing presence in the centre Monday-Sunday 7.30am-8pm. You will be responsible for ensuring a high quality experience for the patients and their families who use the centre, maintaining a safe and effective environment. You will utilise clinical skills and judgement whilst assisting with the patient care across several pathways such as cancer diagnostic services, naso-endoscopy clinics, and routine scan appointments.
We understand that the chance to grow and develop your nursing skills may well be important to you so development is fully supported by the management team.
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.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Under direct and indirect supervision of the Community Diagnostic Centre unit manager, be responsible for the overall daily running of the CDC.
- Maintain effective communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any problems in communication.
- Undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients needs.
- Develop knowledge and practice in an area of work relevant to development
- Promote best practice in health, safety, and security
- Maintain and Improve quality
- Promote people's equality, diversity and rights
- As necessary, assess peoples health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and present during their time in the CDC
- Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes to address patient's complex and changing health and wellbeing needs
- Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess the work of teams and individuals, liaising with their direct line managers as needed
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
If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contactInternationalNursing.OSCE@nca.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Under direct and indirect supervision of the Community Diagnostic Centre unit manager, be responsible for the overall daily running of the CDC.
- Maintain effective communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any problems in communication.
- Undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients needs.
- Develop knowledge and practice in an area of work relevant to development
- Promote best practice in health, safety, and security
- Maintain and Improve quality
- Promote people's equality, diversity and rights
- As necessary, assess peoples health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and present during their time in the CDC
- Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes to address patient's complex and changing health and wellbeing needs
- Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess the work of teams and individuals, liaising with their direct line managers as needed
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
If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contactInternationalNursing.OSCE@nca.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Post-basic qualification to minimum diploma standard or equivalent level gained by experience
- Demonstrates Evidence based clinical knowledge
- Registration with NMC
- Evidence of being an effective team member, able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care
- Demonstrates I.T skills - computer literate
- Communicates succinctly, clearly and accurately both verbally and in writing
Desirable
Desirable
- Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) (1)
- Ability to use reflective practice, to continuously improve the standard of patient care (1)
- Experience of the use of relevant clinical systems (1)
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Post-basic qualification to minimum diploma standard or equivalent level gained by experience
- Demonstrates Evidence based clinical knowledge
- Registration with NMC
- Evidence of being an effective team member, able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care
- Demonstrates I.T skills - computer literate
- Communicates succinctly, clearly and accurately both verbally and in writing
Desirable
Desirable
- Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) (1)
- Ability to use reflective practice, to continuously improve the standard of patient care (1)
- Experience of the use of relevant clinical systems (1)
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).