Nursing Associate

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Never before has there been the right time to join our community nursing team.

As a registrant, we know you have the core skills, and knowledge base already set. How about having the chance to put into practice that opportunity to fully experience what patient-centred care really feels like to deliver, and the positive impact this has on our housebound patients?

Are you aware of the breadth of new skills and knowledge open to you in the community? Our patient caseload offers you variety and can expand your personal development, equipping you with a much higher level of job satisfaction. In our team everyone is important, everyone has a say and everyone is valued. Cullompton is particularly fortunate to have the wider MDT working alongside us, we can continue to enjoy having those opportunities to have conversation and communication, ensuring we work together to achieve the same outcomes for our patients. Our icing on the cake is our management team, who are very proactive, always around, welcoming, embracing and encouraging us to be the best we can be, at the same time respecting individuality and ensuring we maintain a work-life balance that brings out the best in us.

If you are looking to reignite your passion for nursing, come and join us, we welcome you!

Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

About us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Date posted

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

185-1590-4594

Job locations

Culm Valley Integrated Centre for Health

Willand Road

Cullompton

Devon

EX15 1FE

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

Are you passionate about creating excitement for new challenges and promoting an atmosphere of support in the work place? Do you embrace new ideas? Are you someone who works hard during your working hours but appreciates a work/life balance? then this is cluster you should work in.

The NHS is under such enormous pressure, which impacts staffing, sickness and retention, that it is vital that we look after each others health and wellbeing to enable us to care for the population to the best of our ability. Being kind, communicating well and being approachable should not be underestimated.

We as a team are looking for an individual that stands out from the rest. Someone who is dynamic, enthusiastic, and shows natural leadership qualities. Someone who will embrace change and recognises the importance of their own emotional intelligence, and how this impacts each individual in the team, how the team functions, and service delivery.

My ethos as the manager is to promote happiness at work and try to provide the teams with an environment that puts the staff at ease so they feel comfortable to question anything. This in turn will encourage the team to go that extra mile for the patients, which is why we are all here!

The successful candidate will need to ensure that high standards of Nursing Care are delivered to patients on the team caseload and be responsible for addressing any areas of poor performance and identifying and promoting service improvement. You will be encouraged to engage in decision making daily.

You will be a pivotal part of the Integrated Health and Social Care team to provide multidisciplinary working, that will also enhance care delivery to the patients. Clinical skills for the role include Catheterisation, Venepuncture, Wound Care, Compression bandaging. Hickman/ PICC Line management and End of life care.

The Community Nursing Team is skill mixed with registrants and non-registrants and you will be expected to share up to date learning with your peers in order to support and develop the team to deliver excellence.

You will be provided with regular supervision and support with ongoing professional development as identified in your annual appraisal.

If all of this resonates with you, then Charlotte Swain, Community Nurse Team Manager for the Culm Valley would like to hear from you!

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 9.00 to 5.00 incorporating weekends and bank holidays.

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

For further information please contact Charlotte Swain, Community Nurse Team Manager on 07752 700387 or charlotteswain1@nhs.net

Preference will be given to staff with Priority and \'At Risk\' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Benefits

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.

You will also have access to other benefits including:

National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.

Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter

Car lease schemes.

The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).

Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.