# Staff Nurse - General Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-general-surgery/4fdd8715-c881-4499-93b6-36d158753e25 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-general-surgery/4fdd8715-c881-4499-93b6-36d158753e25.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:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro-rata - **Contract type:** Secondment: 9 months - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (weekday, weekend and night working bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T12:31:05.648Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8130735 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8130735?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join Our Male General Surgery Team We’re excited to offer an outstanding opportunity for Qualified Staff Nurses to join our dynamic and forward‑thinking General Surgery team at Salford Care Organisation. If you are a registered nurse — and a passion for delivering excellent, compassionate care — we’d love to hear from you. Why Join Us? Our vision is simple: to deliver the highest standard of care while supporting and developing a motivated, confident, and empowered nursing workforce. You’ll be part of a team that embraces innovation, values collaboration, and is committed to helping every member thrive. About You We’re looking for a highly motivated nurse who shares our values and enthusiasm for outstanding patient care. If you’re ready to join a team with vision, drive and ambition, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. ### Main duties of the job As a Staff Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering safe, high‑quality, patient‑centred care. You will be responsible for assessing individual care needs and leading on the development, implementation, and evaluation of care plans for your own group of patients, while also contributing to the wider care of all patients within the ward or unit. You will help support the day‑to‑day management and organisation of the ward, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times. Your leadership will be essential in guiding and supporting junior colleagues, promoting a positive and collaborative team environment. A vital part of your role will involve supervising and assessing learners and unregistered staff. You will act as a named supervisor, taking an active role in teaching, supporting development, and helping to shape the next generation of nursing professionals. Drawing on your proven clinical skills and experience, you will contribute to delivering evidence‑based, compassionate care and will be encouraged to use your initiative to ensure excellent standards are consistently achieved. ### 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 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 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/ We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible. ## Job Details Join Our Male General Surgery Team We’re excited to offer an outstanding opportunity for Qualified Staff Nurses to join our dynamic and forward‑thinking General Surgery team at Salford Care Organisation. If you are a registered nurse — and a passion for delivering excellent, compassionate care — we’d love to hear from you. Why Join Us? Our vision is simple: to deliver the highest standard of care while supporting and developing a motivated, confident, and empowered nursing workforce. You’ll be part of a team that embraces innovation, values collaboration, and is committed to helping every member thrive. About You We’re looking for a highly motivated nurse who shares our values and enthusiasm for outstanding patient care. If you’re ready to join a team with vision, drive and ambition, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. ## Job Description As a Staff Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering safe, high‑quality, patient‑centred care. You will be responsible for assessing individual care needs and leading on the development, implementation, and evaluation of care plans for your own group of patients, while also contributing to the wider care of all patients within the ward or unit. You will help support the day‑to‑day management and organisation of the ward, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times. Your leadership will be essential in guiding and supporting junior colleagues, promoting a positive and collaborative team environment. A vital part of your role will involve supervising and assessing learners and unregistered staff. You will act as a named supervisor, taking an active role in teaching, supporting development, and helping to shape the next generation of nursing professionals. Drawing on your proven clinical skills and experience, you will contribute to delivering evidence‑based, compassionate care and will be encouraged to use your initiative to ensure excellent standards are consistently achieved. ## 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 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 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/ We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good written & verbal communication skills **Desirable** - Student assessor ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of safety. - Understanding of trust values and beliefs. - Post Qualified experience **Desirable** - General surgery experience ### Qualifications & Professional Registration **Essential** - Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2) - Degree / Diploma in Nursing studies or equivalent - Understanding of trust values and beliefs. **Desirable** - Demonstrate experience of working in a clinical setting - Experience in specified area ## Documents - [band 5 job description (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10428028) - [secondment application (pdf, 112.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2908) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [functional requirements b2 (pdf, 168.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10428029) - [sponsorship & evisa information (pdf, 141.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) ## 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.