Job summary
- Main area
- Outpatients
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Per annum)
- Job ref
- 236-OCO-NM216-25-A
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oldham
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Staff Nurse - Outpatients
Band 5
Job overview
Join Our Dynamic Team at Oldham Hospital
Are you a dedicated Registered Nurse ready for a new challenge? The Main Outpatient Department at Oldham Hospital is looking for passionate nurses to join our diverse team.
In this role, you'll work across multiple specialties, gaining valuable experience while collaborating with a supportive staff. Your mission? To deliver high-quality, person-centred care that prioritises the independence and wellbeing of our patients.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide compassionate, personalised care to our service users
- Work closely with your manager and multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes
- Develop your skills across various clinical areas with the support of unregistered staff
What We Offer:
- A competitive salary aligned with the Agenda for Change framework
- A nurturing team environment focused on personal and professional development
- Opportunities for career advancement in a centre of excellence
If you're ready to go the extra mile for patients in a vibrant hospital setting, we want to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your nursing career at Oldham Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities: Delivering High-Quality Patient Care
As a Registered Nurse at Oldham Hospital, you'll play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care. Key responsibilities include:
- Delivering high-quality nursing procedures
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care through assessment
- Promoting patient health and preventing illness
- Ensuring compliance with our clinical governance framework
- Supporting service user safety, dignity, and continuous improvement
- Undertaking delegated responsibilities from the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
Clinical Skills:
- Wound care and management
- Supporting vascular, orthopaedic, and plastic surgery clinics
A Collaborative Environment:
Join our dynamic team at Oldham Hospital, where you'll have the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver exceptional patient care and drive continuous improvement.
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
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 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 and 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. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
**Previous applicants need not apply**
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
- Nursing degree or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within the surgical division
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working in an outpatient environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Wound care skills
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture skill
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care
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
- Stacey Lord
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 627 8976
- Additional information
Binitha Mathew 0161 627 8798
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