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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
An exciting band 7 opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and enthusiastic individual to become part of the Critical Care team at the Salford Care Organisation which provides a shared service for the Salford & Bury Care Organisations

The Trust is proud to offer Safe, Clean and Personal services to patients and carers. If you have a passion for delivering high quality clinical care then this could be the role for you.

Salford Royal Critical Care is a leading specialist centre for Major Trauma, Neurosciences, Upper GI and Intestinal Failure within Greater Manchester. The Critical Care floor covers 40 level 2 & 3 beds. Fairfield Hospital has a 6 bedded Critical Care servicing the local population with specialist input for ENT Services, low risk cardiac surgery and services a local Stroke Hub.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will need to demonstrate strong leadership, organisational and communication skills and will need to be an expert in all areas of nursing within the critical care.

You will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the critical care floor and for ensuring excellent care of the highest standard is delivered to all our patients. You will manage, support and lead a team of nurses in the provision of evidence based, quality patient centred care.

You will also provide specialist advice to patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team utilising clinical audit, research, supervision of practice and teaching. You will monitor and improve standards of care by efficient and effective use of resources.

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
The practitioner will manage the delivery of patient care on a daily basis. They should be expert in all areas of critical care nursing from patient’s admission to discharge, which facilitates clinical practice development. They have overall responsibility for day-to-day management of their clinical area and for ensuring all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures maintaining associated records. They will manage, support and lead a team of nurses in the delivery of evidence based patient centred care, which is of a high standard. They will manage unit staff including appraisal, rotas, recruitment and selection and the supervision of learners. They will provide specialist advice to patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team Utilising clinical audit, research, supervision of practice and teaching, they will monitor and improve standards of care by efficient and effective use of resources.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- NMC registration
- Degree level studies
- Post basic qualification in Critical Care
- Mentorship
- Completed Level 4 Critical Care Step Competencies

**Desirable criteria**:

- Masters qualification
- Leadership qualification

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Extensive experience as band 6 on critical care
- Evidence of professional expertise acquired through CPD
- Evidence of leadership, management and team development

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**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.