Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employee Reviews

Nice, friendly place to work, not pressurised, but difficult to progress, as if they want the complete article rather than someone who is willing to learn.

Pros

Relaxed atmosphere, nice place to work

Cons

Pay for parking, progression difficult

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No support

Administration Assistant (Former Employee) - Bury, Greater Manchester - 17 October 2023

Hard slog no backup not valued at all stressful and never ending of complaints.More and more staff going of with stress they are in 36 million in debt and taking it out on staff they expect you to be loyal but it’s not returned

Pros

Great colleagues

Cons

Never ending I complaints

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Support Secretary (Current Employee) - Salford - 15 September 2023

Rewarding and busy role! Friendly staff, supportive management and always room for progression.Flexible working available, provided with equipment to work from home. Every day is different, trust values should be taken into consideration and implemented into job role on a daily basis.

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fun

Driver (Former Employee) - Warrington, Cheshire - 1 September 2023

diverse and amazing to work at. busy and kind workers. i learnt unity and made great friends.

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It’s the NHS

Registered Nurse (Former Employee) - Bury - 5 June 2023

Less and less funding, less staff, more hours . I am tired. Great staff most of the time, a family so to speak. But the thought of getting up before shift really makes a day dark

Cons

Long hours, short staffed

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Insights into Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Based on 32 survey responses

What people like

Inclusive work environment
Time and location flexibility
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Fair pay for job
Energising work tasks

No support, no preceptorship, unprofessional and understaffed

Nursing associate (Current Employee) - Salford - 15 May 2023

Avoid! Very little support. Overworked and feels unsafe often. Might be okay if not working in a clinical role. I found a lot of staff unprofessional, the way they talk about patients, not very pleasant. Wouldn't like to be a patient there!

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great place

nurse (Former Employee) - London East, Greater London - 24 February 2023

really enjoyed it great place to work to be fair. really good and the work was super enjoyable and management are great. I like to be motivated and to have incentives and everything was incentivized. The workplace culture is absolutely fantastic somtimes the admin can be hard

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Refreshing experience

Assistant Practitioner (Current Employee) - Salford, Greater Manchester - 9 January 2023

I am currently employed by Salford care organisation within the NHS and I am happier than I have ever been in a job. I am in a band 4 community role in children’s services. I am well supported, regularly receive well-being support and check ins, feel part of team and am given all the tools I need to excel in my role. Flexible working and leave is well managed and fair, regular opportunities for CPD. Pay definitely could be better but that’s an issue across the board of course.

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Northern Care Alliance is worth working for. I enjoyed every bit of my stay there. The staff are wonderful perple.

Clinical Support Worker (Former Employee) - Manchester - 22 December 2022

At Northern Care Alliance, there is plenty of benefit which can be accessed by staff. Work-life balance is maintained as this is very important. All staff, especially the Senior staff are very hospitable. I was given a warm welcome upon joining the team. Even though I was a student at the time, I was give all the support and respect as a team member. My dream is to have the opportunity to work for Northern Care Alliance again in the future.

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Avoid

Biomedical Support Worker (Former Employee) - Microbiology - 26 November 2022

Poor management. Rushed training. No appreciation. High staff turnover. Staffing levels too low for the rota which is currently in place leading to an extremely poor work-life balance.

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Medical Laboratory Assistant (Former Employee) - Salford - 17 October 2022

Lab is offering in house training which is poor and rushed. You are treated as a robot and number as you are there to work and if you are not happy they will just get someone new. Senior staff unpleasant, lacking emotional vigillance and difficult to work with. No room for progression. Would not recommend to work here.

Pros

Location

Cons

Poor management

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Decent pay, rewarding work and good colleges

Medical Laboratory Assistant (Current Employee) - Oldham, Greater Manchester - 4 October 2022

The work is great, with plenty of variation which keeps the monotony at bay. Most of the staff get along well. There's usually a good amount of breaks throught the day.

Pros

Breaks, pay is OK, rewarding work

Cons

Very stressful when things go wrong ( often), this is the NHS so no free brews or food

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Average workplace

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - Rochdale, Greater Manchester - 16 September 2022

Not a bad place to work. However many issues working for the NHS as a whole. Often moved to other wards and areas by managers due to staffing issues. Concerns not heard when uncomfortable about the area you were being sent to.

Pros

Good team

Cons

Lack of support from higher management

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Great place to work

Clinical Support Worker (Former Employee) - Manchester - 22 July 2022

Great place to work, hard work and fast paced but rewarding. Lots of different departments so there is chance to change which one you're working in via applying internally when a job comes up

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Nice people but poor management

Medical Laboratory Assistant (Current Employee) - the royal oldham hospital - 21 July 2022

Its okay. Wouldn't want to work here long term but I worked part-time whilst in Uni so treated it as a saturday job. There is little room for progression and interviews for higher positions are handed out randomly and are completely biased. It is a nice place to work and the people are lovely, it is easy to pick up overtime.

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Trainee Nursing Associate (Current Employee) - Salford - 30 June 2022

very stressful environment to work in as it is very understaffed everywhere. Shift patterns are very good and can have a lot of time off in one go. but when you are actually there it is very stressful and you feel under appreciated.

Pros

days off

Cons

long hours

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Was wonderful, now too many chiefs and not enough staff.

Staff Nurse Band 5 (Current Employee) - Salford - 3 April 2022

I have worked here since I qualified in 2018. It was an excellent preceptorship as a new nurse and pre covid was a great place to work. Since covid and beyond it has changed. There are so few staff now that you do have to take on more and more patients past the recommended patient to nurse ratio, many of the lead nurses only care about beds and will not step in to help you and it is clear that you, as a nurse are not important. I have experienced not a great deal of support from management, and feel I need to look elsewhere for a job. This is a shame because it is an excellent hospital and was once an amazing place to work and I loved it. But too many chiefs have made it almost unbearable at times, and I have felt continuous anxiety about each shift. If they were able to recruit and retain a lot more staff and deal with the poor top level management I'm sure it would go back to being a wonderful workplace.

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Great

Secretary (Current Employee) - Salford, Greater Manchester - 3 February 2022

Love my team. Great group and relaxed atmosphere. High quality patient care delivered and have supported me through numerous life events. Can only speak for my department.

Pros

Flexible

Cons

None

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Understaffed and Underfunded

Clinical Support Worker (Former Employee) - Salford, Greater Manchester - 11 November 2021

Spent most of my time working by myself. Cliques within the team which was always uncomfortable. Alot of staff jealousy if you finished at 3pm and wasnt contracted for late shifts.

Pros

Helping people

Cons

Cliques, Shortstaffed

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Not a bad place to work

Information Officer (Former Employee) - Eccles, Greater Manchester - 20 May 2021

Everyone was friendly and great to work with, you may also make some life long friends along the way. Always make yourself busy as there is always plenty to do

Pros

NHS Staff discounts

Cons

None

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Worst place i have ever worked in the NHS

Medical Secretary (Former Employee) - Salford - 11 April 2021

Management awful. Couldnt organise anything if they tried. They lie. They have favourites. They sit on things for days then blame their staff. They are not supportive and there is no training for staff when you start, they dont know what they're doing so obviously how are they supposed to teach you?!!