Nursing Associate

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic Band 3 health care assistant to join our existing team working on the Palatine Ward., We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Band 4 Nurse Associate to join the Palatine team, with a specialist interest in admission and discharge coordination.

You will work closely with inpatient clinical teams and external providers to ensure admissions and discharges are proactively planned, coordinated and supported. You will provide advice and guidance to ward areas, help prioritise daily discharges, and escalate delays or concerns appropriately.

As part of the Palatine team, you will support registered nurses with clinical care including observations, medication administration, ECGs, cannulation, venepuncture and the use of CVCs. You will also support healthcare assistants in delivering high-quality holistic care, including personal hygiene, nutrition, elimination and end-of-life care.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge within a supportive specialist Haematology and TYA service. Our five dedicated Clinical Practice Facilitators provide excellent clinical support, alongside opportunities to attend TYA and Haematology study days and further develop your specialist knowledge.

If you are passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-focused care and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join our fantastic team and develop your skills in specialised cancer care.

We are looking for compassionate and caring health care assistants with a passion to be a key part of the patient journey at The Christie. Rated in the top 3 NHS Trusts, The Christie are a dynamic and ground-breaking Trust where we support our staff to be the very best they can be. We are looking for people who have excellent communication skills and are prepared to go above and beyond to ensure our patients receive the highest level of care. In return, you will have the opportunity to learn, grow and experience career opportunities in a friendly and welcoming team

Palatine Ward is a joint collaboration between the Haematology and Transplant Unit and the Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) service, providing treatment for haematological malignancies and TYAs with all types of cancer - the first of its kind to provide such a service.

As well as being the Primary Treatment centre for TYAs with cancer in the North West Region the ward is one of the largest centres in the country providing specialist haematology care for TYA and adult patients. We have a large Stem Cell Transplant Programme, performing over 120 transplants a year..

The ward also cares for patients under the age of 16 years requiring radioisotope treatment of children having radiotherapy, cared for by our Paediatric nurses., The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.