The Northern Care Alliance was formed by bringing together four local hospitals and their associated community services under a group arrangement. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into. And, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore.
By bringing together our hospital, community and health and social care services, we’ve created individual Care Organisations which deliver high-quality, local care across Greater Manchester, from multiple hospital sites. That’s almost 20,000 NHS experts, caring for more than 1.3 million people in the local community as well as from across the UK and Europe.
Discover more about our Care Organisations, the services they provide and the part you could play in them:
A place of warmth, passion and skill. Recently rated as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, our Fairfield site delivers innovative patient-centred care, and boasts an award winning Stroke centre and Heart Care unit. Supported by our community services in Bury, a mix of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors, Bury exemplifies the benefits of a joined up approach to health and social care.
A place of pioneering firsts. A place where the world’s first IVF baby was born. It’s home to a specialist regional tertiary level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, houses a high-tech hybrid operating theatre, and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and a centre of excellence for Women and Children’s services. It’s also a place with outstanding links in cancer services and an impressive array of specialist Haematology services. Oldham Care Organisation delivers valuable community services across the borough supporting patients in their own homes and within community based facilities. It’s a place of investment and service development, dedicated to delivering the highest quality to the people of Oldham and beyond. And where driven, ambitious and caring individuals receive the support and opportunity they need to succeed.
A place destined to be different. In 1844 a group of 28 artisans working in the cotton mills in Rochdale established the first modern cooperative business. Since then, Rochdale has gone on to put cooperation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart. Rochdale Infirmary and the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in Rochdale consisting of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors are leading the way in integrated care in Greater Manchester and helping keep people well in their own homes.
A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. A place that has always believed in driving forward change, funding research, leading by example and striving to be the very best.
Here, knowledge and expertise combine to create a ground-breaking teaching Foundation Trust, rated as one of the best places to work in the NHS. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Care Organisation is the leading Major Trauma Centre for Greater Manchester and hosts the Greater Manchester Neuroscience Centre. Salford is also one of only two designated Intestinal Failure Units in the UK, has one of the largest Dermatology Centres in Europe and is part of the Global Digital Examplar, a hub for driving digital maturity in the NHS. Little wonder, that this is the place where new ground gets broken every day.
