Senior Nursing Assistant

Job summary

Two posts are currently available - one based at Cheetham Hill (224 Cheetham Hill Rd, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8UP) and one based at Victoria Mill (10 Lower Vickers Street, Manchester M40 7DA). If you have a preference on which team you would like to be considered for please put this in your supporting information.

Are you an experienced Nursing Assistant that is passionate about keeping patients in the comfort of their own home? Then this is the role for you.

A role has become available for a Senior Support worker to join our experienced Community Nursing Team in North Manchester.

You will demonstrate enthusiasm and be highly motivated. You should be qualified with a relevant NVQ level 3 with excellent communication skills to join our friendly and dynamic Manchester Community Nursing Service to provide high quality and personalized nursing & therapy care to patients in their own homes.

We will support you with specialist and bespoke training to reach your potential and excel in your chosen career path. You will receive one to one clinical support, professional development, and guidance.

The Community Nursing Team is a seven day service working between the hours of 8.30am-4.30pm on a rota basis. We promote flexibility and are happy to support different working patterns within the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake the role of caring for a group of patients through indirect and direct supervision by a registered nurse to aid in the deliverance of all aspects of care in a safe and timely manner in a clinic setting or in a patient's own home.

Acting as a role model providing guidance and support to Trainee and Band 2 Nursing Assistants as required, helping to ensure the efficient and effective running of the service at all times.

Independently plan and undertake tasks and workload activities in both clinic settings and patient's own homes whilst ensuring that their practice is guided by standard operating procedures and established protocols. They will demonstrate self-directed development, recognising own limitations, and work within the scope of their role at all times.

Prioritise own workload and be responsible for planned care and tasks delegated from a registered nurse.

Ensure all documentation is completed accurately and legibly at the point of care delivery and any necessary escalation is undertaken to a registered nurse to ensure patient safety is maintained.

A full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle is required for this role as you will be travelling across the Trust footprint

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 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 also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be 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.