Nursing Associate - Enhanced Intermediate Care | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Chadderton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Chadderton is seeking a Nursing Associate to provide hands-on care for rehabilitation patients. You will work under the leadership of Registered Nurses and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. This role offers the chance to impact patient care positively while enjoying a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Knowledge across the lifespan providing holistic and person-centred care.
• Ability to work independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses.
• Experience with multidisciplinary teams in healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on care for patients with rehabilitation needs.
• Monitor the condition and health needs of people in care.
• Work with multi-professional teams to assess patient needs.

Job description

Overview

A Nursing Associate role in Enhanced Intermediate Care involves providing hands‑on care for patients with rehabilitation needs, bridging the gap between healthcare support workers and registered nurses. They work in a multidisciplinary team, focusing on rehabilitation as step‑up from community and step‑down from acute wards.

Responsibilities

The Nursing Associate works with the multi‑professional team and the Registered Nurse contributing to ongoing assessment of patients. The role includes providing and monitoring care in line with the service pathways and as agreed with supervising clinician(s). The associate monitors the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi‑professional team.

Qualifications

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 associate helps bridge the gap between Health Care Assistants and Registered Nurses by working independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses, working in the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.

Disability Confident

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About NCA

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.

Why Join NCA

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.