Do you have a keen interest in Intensive Care and are passionate about delivering the best patient care?Are you looking for a new and exciting nursing challenge?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 nurse within Intensive care at The Royal Oldham Hospital, part of the Northern Care Alliance. The ideal candidate will either have a proven background in intensive care or a keen interest and willingness to learn within a busy unit.

The ICU team continually go above and beyond to ensure the unit delivers outstanding care to our patients. We're looking for band 5 nurses who share the same values / goals and are looking for an exciting challenge. If you have a passion for intensive care, as well as the drive, commitment, and enthusiasm to successfully implement change then we'd love to hear from you.

Our leadership team are committed to supporting you in all aspects of your role, from day-to day management of patients to providing bespoke training for your continuing development.

We have a dedicated Practice Educator team with strong links into the Greater Manchester Critical Care Network, who will support you closely in your journey to complete relevant courses to be the best ICU nurse you can be.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the ICU. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, teamwork, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and initiative are paramount. You must be a great team player, motivated to work in a fast paced environment, with the ability to deal with non-routine and the unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

***This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a University course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months.

****Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.

*****The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely.

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
• Degree / diploma in nursing studies (or equivalent nursing qualification and experience).
• Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge
• Has an interest in Critical Care.

Desirable

• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)

Essential skills

Essential

• Communicates succinctly, clearly, and accurately both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care.

Desirable

• Experience of the use of clinical systems.
• Demonstrate initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus.
• Ability to use reflective practice, to continuously improve the standard of patient care.
• Basic knowledge of policy relating to critical care, risk management and infection control.

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

ICU Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH

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