Community Nurse - Evening and Overnight Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with current NMC registration to join a dynamic out of Hours District Nursing Team covering the city of Salford.

We are looking for a group of highly motivated applicants who are interested in the challenge of providing holistic care management, through assessments and evaluation of health needs in the community with patients in their home setting. You will be working with a variety of disciplines within the multidisciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for patients to ensure their independence and wellbeing. The service delivers essential care to prevent hospital admission.

The evening and Overnight District Nursing Service is a diverse team delivering quality assured nursing care to those aged 16 and above living in the city of Salford, ensuring that patients and their families/carers maximise their independence and remain in their own home.

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.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This highly skilled and dynamic citywide out of hour's District Nursing Team operates a 7 day service from the hours of 19.00-08.00, including weekends and bank holidays.The core hours of the post will be either;

2x evenings from 19:00-00:00 and 1x evening/overnight 19:00-08:00,

or

1x evening from 19:00-00:00 and 2x evenings/overnight from 19:00-08:00.

Over 7 days per week.

Flexibility will be required.

Due to the nature of this post it is essential that you will have a full clean driving license and will have regular use of an appropriate vehicle (as determined by the Trust).We aim to support all staff with all areas of personal development and will provide you with a full comprehensive induction and excellent preceptorship. The successful candidate will achieve competencies in all areas of District Nursingwith an extensive range of training and excellent learning opportunities.