Nursing Associate

**Job overview**:
Do you want to work for an outstanding organisation that is truly passionate about developing your career?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate to join our friendly, supportive and exciting family team at Butler Green in Oldham Community, part of the Northern Care Alliance.

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Nursing Associate to join our extremely rewarding unit.

Butler Green is an enhanced intermediate care unit which heavily involves therapy staff on aiding patients to reach the optimum health in facilitating a safe discharge to an appropriate destination with a home first approach.

**Main duties of the job**:
Butler Green is a 27 bedded enhanced intermediate care ward focusing on rehabilitation of patients as both step up from the community and step down from the acute wards.

We are looking for a highly skilled individual who is able to care for patients with rehabilitation needs.

If you enjoy a friendly and supportive ward environment with plenty of opportunity to develop your professional skills as a nurse associate, then this is the job for you

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated nursing associate with a passion for delivering high standards of care. The Unit receives patients from the acute hospitals and community services for patients living within the Oldham Community footprint.

**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**:
**Registration**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register

**Essential Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- GCSE
- Degree / diploma in nursing studies(or equivalent nursing qualification and experience)

**Desirable criteria**:

- Evidence of mentorship qualification

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice

**Abilities**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
- 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