Anaesthesia Associate

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated qualified anaesthesia associate(s) to join the Northern Care Alliance anaesthetic departments based at Salford Care Organisation (SCO) or Oldham Care Organisation. With the option of tailing a job plan over more than one site depending on the skills and interests of applicants.

Work includes supporting emergency services such as trauma, general, neuro and spinal urgency. Elective surgery includes general, orthopaedics, plastics gynaecology, urology, and ENT. You must be willing to work cross-site with a base site and job plan agreed with the appointee.

**Main duties of the job**:

- You will undertake thorough pre-operative assessment, develop and implement appropriate anaesthetic management.
- You will provide or train in advanced skills, which may include peripheral nerve blocks, spinal anaesthesia and sedation.
- Contribute to teaching, training, mentorship and development of junior colleagues and trainee AAs.
- Provide evidence-based care for patients within a multidisciplinary team.

**Working for our organisation**:
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.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Registered with Royal College of Anaesthesia

**Desirable Criteria**:
**Desirable criteria**:

- ALS certification (willing to word towards)
- Experience of a range of surgical specialities
- Skilled in regional anaesthesia and sedation
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

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

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.