Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Nursing Associate

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Grantham Placed Based team which is part off Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust's Adult Community services. The IPBT work closely with the wider Neighbourhood as part of the local transformation across the local primary care network. The Nursing Associate role is relatively new to the NHS and we are looking forward to you joining us in forging the way for Nursing Associates in our workforce. The role will be part of an integrated health/social care team providing care for people experiencing mental health problems in the local community. Offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic and social forms with the aim of promoting health, wellbeing, self-autonomy and independence.

Main duties of the job

The IPBT are part of the developing transformation service. The post holders will be required to work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of high-quality mental health care planning and risk management. This work will involve patients and their careers in the delivery of evidence-based interventions/treatments, recovery focused work. The post holder will have a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan and across the fields of nursing, providing holistic and person-centred care and support within the adult community setting. The nursing associate will work independently under the leadership of the registered nurse, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing, providing holistic and person-centred care and support within the adult community setting. The nursing associate will work independently under the leadership of the registered nurse, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.Please refer to the job description and person specification for additional information about this role

For further information please contact Senior Mental Health Practitioner Adam Grove 01205 333871.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Date posted

25 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£23,949 to £26,282 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

274-8830-AC-A

Job locations

The Sycamore Centre Grantham

Beacon Lane

Grantham

NG31 9DF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice

Provide therapeutic interventions with a service user

Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with service users, families and carers

Contribute to ongoing assessment, recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment

Perform nursing interventions advocated within the service users care plan

Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of service user care

Involve service users/ carers in the planning and delivery of care in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs

Maintain the welfare and safety of service users and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance

Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered

Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect service user confidential information

Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with the professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy

Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues

Participate in regular clinical supervision

Engage in public health, community development and in the reduction of health inequalities

Be able to identify role boundaries

Medicines Management as delegated by the Nurse in Charge and within the scope of practice and competency of the designated practitioner

Leadership

Demonstrate the ability to lead, support and develop junior staff

Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies

Participate in service developments

Contribute to innovation and new ways of working

Take part in local audit and research activities where appropriate

Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills

Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team

Use knowledge and experience to make evidence based decisions and solve problems

Recognise and work within limits of their own competence

Practice Development and Research

Apply knowledge and understanding of existing practice development structure within the organization

Consider the impact and influence of their practice upon service users and others

Understand their own role and identify their unique contribution to nursing practice

Demonstrate professional standards in the delivery of nursing care

Develop their own practice where existing evidence and theory demonstrate new ways of working

Be able to evaluate own nursing practice in line with current evidence/ value based practice

Use a variety of feedback mechanisms to improve own nursing care

Education, Training and Personal Development

Identify personal education needs which consolidate own learning from the point of registration

Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to learning

Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging roles

Maintain CPD in accordance with revalidation guidance