Lead Nurse / Practitioner - Perioperative Care

at  Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

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.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/

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.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

As a lead nurse/practitioner for perioperative care , you will use your knowledge and expertise to support the development of services within perioperative care activity participating in improving quality and patient experience whilst reducing risks to patients.
The successful candidate can look forward to opportunities to develop professional leadership skills and being part of a professional compassionate team that treat colleagues and patients with dignity and respect. You will be supportive in the role by the leadership team of the assistant clinical directorate of nursing, clinical directorate and divisional directorate of nursing .

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• Develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
• Develop oneself and contribute to the development of others
• Maintain and develop an environment and culture that improves health, safety and security.
• Appraise interpret and apply suggestions recommendations and directives to improve services.
• Contribute to improving quality
• Promote equality and value diversity.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and or treatments when there are complex issues and/or serious illness
• Test and review new concepts, models, methods practices products and equipment,
• Coordinate, monitor and review the use of financial resources
• Plan, develop, monitor and review the recruitment, deployment and management of people
• Facilitate the development of capacity and capability.
• Responsibility for Patient Care
• Responsibilities for Human Resources.
• Excellent Communication and leadership skills
• Planning and organising Management of services users
• Provide Analysis and data management

THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE A CURRENT NMC PIN TO PRACTICE AS AN REGISTERED NURSE OR MIDWIFE 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 Midwives 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/
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. This role is open to registered Nurses/Operating Department Practitioner.