Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

To engage in positive relationships with patients,carers,families and other staff based on respect and within appropriate boundaries.

To act in a professional capacity at all times.

To be able to set therapeutic limits with patients, carers or relatives.

To be able to communication with the patient about care planning risk assessment needs.

Communicate complex and sensitive information verbally and in writing.

Actively contribute during handovers to meet the care needs of patients.

Actively contribute to staff meetings

To be able to confidently and accurately convene patient information in the role of an associate nurse for MDT meetings.

To formulate care plans under the supervision of registered staff.

To communicate risk issues as they arise to ensure safe care.

To communicate concernsrelating to patient behaviour or mentalstate to other members of the multidisciplinary team

Knowledge, Training and experience

Demonstrate evidenced based knowledge in the main physical health problems that adult patients may present with i.e., high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, epilepsy, respiratory issues, constipation, lack of personal hygiene, including foot care.

Demonstrate an ability to undertake baseline physical observations and record results correctly. In addition, be able to identify anomalies that should be referred to a first level nurse or one of the medical staff Baseline observations include:

Phlebotomy

Blood pressure

Pulse

Respirations

Weight

Height

Elimination pattern

Eating pattern

Sleep pattern

Glucose monitoring

Demonstrate an ability to complete ongoing monitoring templates

Ability to carry out a full health assessment with support from other members of the practice

Person Specification

Clinical knowledge and skills

Essential

• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organization and how the role may contribute to the service development.
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code.
• Understand the requirements for NMC professional revalidation.
• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision.
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs.
• Venepuncture trained
• Strong IT skills
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

Desirable

• ECGs
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS user skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nursing associate on the NMC register
• Nursing associate foundation degree qualification
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths and English or skills Level 2 Maths and English or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting

Desirable

• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Highfield Surgery

Address

South Shore Primary Care Centre

Lytham Road

Blackpool

Lancashire

FY4 1TJ

Employer's website

https://highfieldsurgeryblackpool.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)