Trainee Assistant Practitioner

1 week ago


Bury, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Trainee Assistant Practitioner in Lung Cancer

(Band 3 progressing to Band 4 on completion of the 2 year foundation degree apprenticeship)

Working Monday to Friday.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Trainee Assistant Practitioner on a 2-year apprenticeship with a permanent contract on completion of the Assistant Practitioner Foundation Degree (undertaken at Bolton University), to complete the team of 8 Lung CNS’s, 2 pathway nurses and 2 assistant practitioners. This role will be for the NE Sector of NCA (Fairfield, Rochdale and Oldham).

The very well established lung cancer nursing team aims to provide a high quality service which is evidence based to support lung cancer and mesothelioma patients and their families/carers. Through collaborative working with members of the multi-disciplinary team, they provide specialist nursing intervention, specialist psychological, emotional, social, practical and financial support which is responsive to the patients and families’ needs and is equitable and accessible to all.

The Lung Cancer Nursing team work very closely with all staff involved in the care of cancer patients but, in particular Respiratory Physicians, Oncologists, Ward staff and other Lung Cancer MDT members. The team liaise closely with both tertiary and primary care partners. The team are required to work with patients who present either via the 2 week wait referral system or present acutely to the service.

**The objectives of the team are to**:
Provide support to patients and their families/carers from diagnosis through to palliative care by providing education, information, resources.

Provide support to staff caring for patients with lung cancer and mesothelioma.

Liaise with primary, secondary and tertiary centres.

**Do you want to**:
- Progress your career within the specialist lung cancer service

Work within progressive multi-disciplinary team

Be involved in educational delivery, service developments and research and audit projects

If so, this post may be of interest to you.

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.



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