# Staff Nurse - Critical Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-critical-care/637fc538-4208-45ba-b5b5-ab86850946ee - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-critical-care/637fc538-4208-45ba-b5b5-ab86850946ee.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Salford - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £31,049 - £37,796 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days and nights) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T11:51:38.150Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Bury/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Critical_Care/Critical_Care-v7433858 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7433858?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a Registered Nurse searching for career development within a supportive, multi-disciplinary team where no two days are the same? If the answer is yes, and you're wanting to take your career to the next level in Critical Care, then look no further - This is the place for you! Critical Care at Fairfiled - Bury  have vacancies for band 5 permanent positions.  This is a great opportunity to branch out and develop skills and knowledge in critical care. Our Fairfield site forms part of the Critical Care Shared Service with our Salford site, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.  You will be given an in-depth induction and a competency booklet to work through in addition to face to face skills training sessions with our practice education team Registered Nurses working within our services have progressed to higher band roles within the service including Specialist Nursing roles, Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, Specialist Nursing in Organ Donation and multiple other specialist roles. We are passionate to support and grow our workforce to maximise their potential to benefit Patients, Staff and the wider services. ### Main duties of the job Our commitment to you - Experienced nurse leadership to support you and your team when you need it - Specialist Critical Care Induction & Education Programmes for all new starters and advanced programmes once experienced. - A Unit based, experienced MDT to provide a fully holistic approach to patient care - All staff are required (and supported) to undertake a post registration qualification in Critical Care which is accredited by Manchester Metropolitan University at degree or master’s level which is fully funded. - Flexibility – Full and part time contracts are available within a 12-hour rotational shift pattern (days & Nights) at Salford and a range of shifts covering earlies, lates, twilights and nights at Bury. Welcoming you to our team We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic individuals, who work well under pressure and are keen to learn. A great team player, you will also be self-motivated and able to work independently when needed. You will be a professional who truly understands the need for care, consideration and respect for our patients but can also apply these qualities to team members at all levels. We would welcome applicants to come and see our service for an informal visit and to hear about our future plans. Please contact us to arrange an informal visit using the contact details within this advert. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse in the UK, 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. 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 ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous proven experience as a registered nurse - Demonstrates evidence based clinical knowledge - Be an effective team member who is able to relate to colleagues at all levels of the Trust with tact and diplomacy - Ability to coordinate your workload and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care. **Desirable** - Acute care experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2) **Desirable** - Degree / Diploma in Nursing studies or equivalent ## Documents - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [functional requirements of role (pdf, 120.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9678190) - [sponsorship & evisa information (pdf, 141.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) - [critical care shared service - band 5 jd (docx, 382.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9678189) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.