Health Care Assistant - Intestinal Failure

Job summary

We are seeking an additional Health Care Assistant with an interest in nutrition and caring for long term patients to join our specialist service at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust supporting patients with a complex and rare condition known as intestinal failure, of which you will be supplied with full training in relation to the speciality.

The intestinal failure unit (IFU) is a nationally designated specialist service which receives complex surgical patients from all over the UK. Being one of two National Reference Centers (NRC) in the whole of the country, the IFU at Salford has developed a strong reputation for being an international center of excellence for medical and surgical care.

The role would suit somebody with experience in caring for patients with stoma's and who understands the complex nature when managing patients with complex long-term conditions.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the nursing team delivering care for adults with complex Intestinal Failure (IF).

The role is instrumental in supporting patients with IF during their transition from inpatient to patient care in the community and this will involve direct contact with inpatients, carers, and other health care professions (HCP's).

You will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team, will have emotional resilience, provide excellent care delivery.

Full training will be provided for all cares appropriate to HCA within the field of Intestinal Failure. This will include performing of clinical observations, weighing patients, meal delivery, managing complex stoma care and providing full holistic care to all patients within the hospital setting.

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.