Nursing Associate - Critical Care

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater Manchester is seeking a motivated Nursing Associate to work collaboratively with a multi-professional team. You will be responsible for monitoring patient health and providing person-centred care across various settings. Ideal candidates will have experience in acute settings and be passionate about enhancing health and well-being. This role offers a competitive benefits package, including flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience within specialty or acute settings is desirable.
• Ability to work in partnership with multi-professional teams.
• Knowledge across the lifespan in nursing and care.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the condition and health needs of individuals.
• Provide holistic and person-centred care and support.
• Bridge the gap between Health Care Assistants and Registered Nurses.

Skills

Passionate and highly motivated

Ability to work independently

Holistic and person-centred care

Job description

The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurse contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care in line with the service pathways and as agreed with supervising clinician(s). They will monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team.

The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan, providing holistic and person-centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate will help to bridge the gap between Health Care Assistants and Registered Nurses by working independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.

We are looking for a Nursing Associate that is passionate and highly motivated to join our team. Previous experience within the speciality or acute settings are desirable.

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.