Nurse Associate

Job responsibilities

Main role and purpose of the post

The Nursing Associate will

Be a member of the clinical team.

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 MDT.

Perform New Patient Health Checks, in accordance with local protocols

Perform Cervical Screening

Wound Management

Refer patients to other clinicians as necessary

Provide routine clinical care to patients according to locally approved protocols, under supervision of the Nurse Practitioner.

Work within the hubs delivering the STAR service Extended hours on behalf of the PCNs

Specific Responsibilities

Understand the principles of healthy living and provide relevant health promotion literature to patients.

Assist clinicians in the emergency management of patients.

Collect patient data such as blood pressure, height, weight and ECG in accordance with service protocols and your competence to operate the necessary equipment.

Record data on patient electronic records in an accurate and timely manner.

Summarise patient notes and provide administrative assistance to the nursing team.

Provide smoking cessation support to patients in accordance with your training and protocols.

Run Blood Pressure and Cardiac Clinics if required.

Provide cervical screening in accordance with service protocol on patients who have been recalled.

Provide wound management to patients who have a care plan.

Prepare the consulting and treatment rooms for effective consultation, maintaining stocks of examination instruments, stores and specimen collection materials, and ensuring couches and work benches/drawers are kept clean.

Maintain the system for monitoring and ordering clinical supplies.

Ensure that all specimens taken by clinicians, or brought in by patients, are ready for collection by pathology service.

Assist in maintaining safe storage of drugs and vaccines under the direction of the on duty Nurse Practitioner.

Ensure that you comply with infection control guidelines.

Maintain patient privacy and dignity at all times, respecting patients rights, and preferences, and adopt a non-judgemental manner when interacting with patients.

General Responsibilities

Where the appropriate professional organisation details a requirement in relation to supervision, it is the responsibility of the post holder to ensure compliance with this requirement.

Risk Management

It is a standard element of the role and responsibility of all staff that they fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.

Confidentiality and Records Management

All employees of ELM Alliance are legally responsible for all records that are gathered, created or used as part of the work within the organisation (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative), whether paper based or on computer. All such records are considered public records, and there is a legal duty of confidence to service users (even after an employee has left employment). All employees are required to maintain the confidentiality of members of the public and members of staff in accordance with the organisations confidentiality policy.

Health and Safety

All employees of the ELM Alliance have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees are required to co-operate with management to enable the organisation meets its own legal duties and to report any hazardous situations or defective equipment.

Flexibility Statement

The content of this Job Description represents an outline of the post only and is therefore not a precise catalogue of duties and responsibilities. The Job Description is therefore intended to be flexible and is subject to review and amendment in the light of changing circumstances, following consultation with the post holder.

Safeguarding

ELM Alliance has a responsibility to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults who use our services. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility. As part of the selection process for this post you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check. If you are successful appointed, you will receive confirmation of which checks and/or registration you are required to have.

Experience

Essential

• Nurse Associate Qualification and proof of NMC registration.
• Cervical Screening Certificate
• NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care
• Phlebotomy skills (Experience with paediatric bloods)
• Venepuncture
• Experience in performing ECGs
• Wound Care Management
• Performing and recording clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse and recognise signs of Sepsis.
• Act as a Chaperone
• Previous health/social care experience
• Understanding of a clinical environment.
• Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
• Supporting registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on more complex clinical care.
• Experience of working with people in a 1:1 environment.
• Good time management skills.
• Working as part of a team- develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care.
• Communicating proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues across the service, attending and contributing to meetings/supervision when requested.
• Enhancing own performance through continued professional development.
• Ability to follow protocols and procedures.
• Able to follow a care plan and have case load management.
• Promoting health and well being to all patients.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the CQC
• Performing Spirometry
• Able to administer B12 injections
• Be able to administer Flu/COVID vaccinations
• Use of Systm1
• Capable of performing Ear irrigation

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSEs A-C or equivalent.
• To include English and Maths NVQ Healthcare Level 3 or equivalent
• Nurse Associate Qualification NMC registered.

Desirable

• A science GCSE

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills
• Calm under pressure
• Able to work at pace
• Natural team player
• Common sense approach

Desirable

• Able to work with minimal supervision

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).