Nursing Assistant - Oak UNIT/ Ward 2 | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS Trust is seeking compassionate Nursing Assistants to support patient care in a dynamic environment. You will engage with patients and assist with personal care while being guided by experienced Registered Nurses. This role offers a unique opportunity for training and progression within the NHS framework, suitable for those new to healthcare or experienced individuals. The position is based in Manchester and involves various shifts across the week.

Benefits

Support Worker Development Programme

Career progression opportunities

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Ability to support patients with personal care needs.
• Willingness to learn delegated clinical duties.
• Experience in a healthcare setting preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist Nursing team in delivering patient care.
• Support patients with personal care needs including mobilizing and bathing.
• Record patient observations and note changes in conditions.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Communication skills

Flexibility in shift work

Job description

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. That’s because we’re not just helping patients, we’re going the extra mile for them – day in, day out. Our nursing teams are committed to caring for our patients and families, delivering consistent, high quality, patient focused care.

Role and duties

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. The OAK unit - previously called Ward 2 - has recently undergone construction work to expand its bed capacity to a newly renovated area. The OAK unit focuses on fragility as its specialty. 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 & 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.

Training and progression

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. Completion of the programme provides the opportunity to progress into a Band 3 Nursing Assistant role. If you’re an experienced Nursing Assistant, you’ll undertake a skills analysis on start to ensure you meet the skills required for your role; if gaps are identified 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.

About MFT

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and encompasses 10 hospitals and community services across Manchester, Trafford and beyond. We champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, offering a scale of opportunity. We are digitally enabled with Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022. We are a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, and we are progressing with our Green Plan to make healthcare more sustainable.

Inclusion and applying

At MFT, we foster a culture of inclusion and equal opportunity. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email [e-mail]. To learn more about responsibilities and the skills required, refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under Supporting Documents and read the Candidate Essentials Guide with the Job Description and Person Specification.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All applicants are encouraged to apply.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Sep 2025.