Nursing Associate - District Nursing

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for Nursing Associates to become part of the Northern Care Alliance working within Salford Care Organisation.

The District Nursing Service provides holistic care to patients and their families in their own homes and in a clinic setting. The teams are based at Lanceburn (inner city Salford), Broughton, Irlam, Swinton, Walkden and Eccles. We are looking for a part time motivated and enthusiastic Nursing Associate to come and join our team at Broughton Integrated care team.

All staff will have a six week supernumerary induction period and support from the senior nursing team. Successful applicants will have a full preceptorship programme and staff that have not previously worked in the Community will have a mentor and a designated trainer to assist with the transition into the community setting.

All applicants must hold the Nursing Associate qualification.

All applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and be a car driver

This post is to cover a maternity leave position with potential opportunity for the post to become permanent.

Main duties of the job

You will work with your own caseload with full support of your Team Leader and other members of the team. Your caseload will be varied to your skills and training requirements. It will have a variety of patients with health and social care needs. This can vary from simple dressings and medication administration to complex patient care, for example looking after people at the end of their lives who wish to remain at home. You will work closely with the MDT (Social Workers, GP's and Allied Health Professionals) to ensure that patient care is appropriately coordinated.

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 tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- 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.

For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/