Job summary
Our Community Nursing Team are looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate to join our Ambulatory Clinics in the Seisdon area to deliver high quality and exceptional care to patients using our service.
Utilising your breadth of knowledge and skills you will provide holistic and person centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings and will work independently under the leadership of registered nurses or other registered professionals providing nursing care and delivering all aspects of the nursing process as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Essentially for this role, you will possess excellent communication, analysis of information, planning and organisational skills.
You will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nursing Associate, you will be responsible for delivering high quality clinical care undertaking a full range of routine care and treatment tasks for patients in our care as directed by the registered nurse within the Community Nursing Team.
Clinical aspects of the role may include:
- Under the supervision and instruction of the registered nurse or health professional you may treat patients with healthcare needs including continence and catheter care, wound care and pack, compression bandaging, medication administration and venepuncture.
- Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with patients/service users, families and carers and other health professionals.
- Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse, acting within Trust standards to respond to abnormal results, escalating as necessary.
- Contribute to ongoing assessment recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment within the boundaries of confidentiality.
- Adhere to legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines both local and national.
- Regularly attend workplace and staff engagement meetings and contribute positively to discussions about the improvement of care.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the full job description and person specification for further information regarding this role.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions.
To apply for this post you will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the full job description and person specification for further information regarding this role.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions.
To apply for this post you will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Intermediate IT skills including sound working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- The ability to use clinical systems such as RiO.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to Nursing Associate practice.
- Care certificate
Desirable
- Placement experience covering all four fields of nursing
Skills
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient/ service user contact.
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Understand the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development.
- Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code.
- Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the Nursing Associate role.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
- Ability to participate in reflective practice and understand the requirements for NMC Revalidation.
- Understands the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Evidence of receiving complex, sensitive information
Desirable
- Experience of working in Community Nursing
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Intermediate IT skills including sound working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- The ability to use clinical systems such as RiO.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to Nursing Associate practice.
- Care certificate
Desirable
- Placement experience covering all four fields of nursing
Skills
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient/ service user contact.
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Understand the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development.
- Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code.
- Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the Nursing Associate role.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
- Ability to participate in reflective practice and understand the requirements for NMC Revalidation.
- Understands the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Evidence of receiving complex, sensitive information
Desirable
- Experience of working in Community Nursing
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
