Job summary
- Main area
- Childrens Complex Care
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will be required to work day and night shifts, weekends occasionally)
- Job ref
- 349-LCO-6228795*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Longsight Health Centre
- Town
- Longsight
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate - Children's Complex Care
Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nursing associate to join our children’s community complex care team.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified and registered nurse associate with experience of nursing children with complex medical needs providing care for care packages alongside non-invasive ventilation and support of complex needs children. However an induction and competency based training will be provided.
This will be one of the three nurse associate positions within the team and therefore you will be involved in the development of this role within the service.
We are looking for a nurse associate who is hard working, reliable, trustworthy, conscientious, caring and will embrace the challenge of caring for children within the family home.
You must be flexible and able to work office hours and support and cover shifts over 7 days a week, 24 hours a day within homes.
You will support the nurses in the planning and delivery of complex care within the community. You will also support and provide training to the support workers.
The complex care team is part of an integrated team which also incorporates children’s community palliative care and special needs school nursing. Therefore you may on occasions also provide care in school or in other community locations.
As this is a community citywide post, you must possess a driving license and have access to a vehicle.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nursing associate to join our children’s community complex care team.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified and registered nurse associate with experience of nursing children with complex medical needs. However an induction and competency based training will be provided.
This will be one of three nurse associate positions within the team and therefore you will be involved in the development of this role within the service.
We are looking for a nurse associate who is hard working, reliable, trustworthy, conscientious, caring and will embrace the challenge of caring for children within the family home.
You must be flexible and be able to work office hours as well as able to work shifts over 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
You will support the nurses in the planning and delivery of complex care within the community. You will also support and provide training to the support workers.
The complex care team is part of an integrated team which also incorporates children’s community palliative care and special needs school nursing. Therefore you may on occasions also provide care in school or in other community locations.
As this is a community citywide post, you must possess a driving license and have access to a vehicle.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered NA on the NMC with foundation degree
- GCSE or equiv in Maths and English
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the scope of the role - how role will contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC Code / understands revalidation
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to app professional
- importance of following procedure, plans and policies
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of complex conditions and how this can impact on family
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- team working, MDT and work alone
- receiving and delivering sensitive complex info
- evaluate own strengths and development needs
Desirable criteria
- caring for people with complex health conditions
- Community experience
- Caring for children
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Organise, prioritise workload, delegate competently, time management
- Communication skills - verbal and non verbal
- ability to deal with nature of unpredictable workload
- documentation
- supervise students / support workers
- build effective relations with children, families and colleagues
Attributes
Essential criteria
- compassionate, caring, treats with dignity and respect
- driving licence and car
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chloe Bulmer
- Job title
- Team Leader Children's Complex Care Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 5296641
- Additional information
Tel: Office : 0161 529 6641 or 0161 529 6659
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