Job responsibilities
Primary responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities
of the Nursing Associate in delivering health services:
a.
Deliver high quality, compassionate care while
undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a
registered nurse (or other registered care professional) with a focus on
promoting good health and independence
b.
Provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to
individuals
c.
Provide routine care to patients as required in
accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE
d.
Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as
required
e.
Provide general and specific health screening to the
practice patients (within agreed protocols with referral to GPs as necessary)
f.
Advise patients on general health care (with referral to
GPs as necessary)
g.
Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation
with GPs or independently to agreed protocols.
h.
Work as part of the MDT to provide and monitor care,
under direct or indirect supervision and ensure delivery of nursing associate
duties
i.
Improve the safety and quality of care at every
opportunity
j.
Contribute to the delivery of integrated care
k.
Work with a supervisor to take
responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and
reflective practice skills within the workplace and enable you to deal
effectively with the difficult issues that people present
l.
Provide support and supervision to training nursing
associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices and those on learning
assignments/placements as required
m.
Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to
focus on the more complex clinical care
n.
Develop relationships across the MDT to support the
integration of the role across health and social care including primary care,
secondary care and mental health
o.
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health
records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED
codes
p.
Perform and record clinical observations such as blood
pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse including appropriate coding
q.
After undertaking additional training, provide flu
vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as
required and in line with the competencies of the role
r.
Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example
undertaking the NHS health check
s.
Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
t.
Provide support during minor operations as required
u.
Advise patients on general healthcare and promote
self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to
personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector
services
v.
Communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT
colleagues, attending and contributing to meetings as required
w.
Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current
legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding
Adults and Safeguarding Children
x.
Process pathology results as required
y.
Enhance own performance through continuous professional
development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the
service
z.
Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical
governance
aa.
Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least
every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress
will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
bb.
Contribute towards public health and screening
programmes, including immunisations and vaccinations
cc.
Support and deliver health promotion and wellbeing
programmes including any opportunistic delivery
dd.
Maintain a clean,
tidy, effective working area
ee.
Be an integral part of the general practice team, working
in each practice and across the PCN, as well as supporting the wider
multi-disciplinary team
ff.
Recognise boundaries of practice and know when and to
whom patients should be referred
gg.
Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding
solutions to problems
hh.
Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other
service requirements on behalf of the PCN
ii.
Support in the management of patient complaints when
requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary
learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events
jj.
Undertake all mandatory training and induction programme
There
may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be
dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels
Secondary responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities,
the Nursing Associate has the following wider responsibilities:
a.
Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and
other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives enhancing service delivery
and patient care
b.
Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post
and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and
effective manner
c.
Work to, and understand PCN and practice and departmental
policies
d.
Act as a chaperone
Duties
may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post
or the level of responsibility.
