Job summary
Our Vision is to strive for perfect, whole-person care that helps people live happier, healthier lives.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 4 Community Registered Nursing Associate to come and join us in our Kensington District nurse team.
Community District Nursing is a busy but rewarding job, you will be surrounded by friendly and supportive colleagues in an environment that encourages new ideas, innovation, and personal development. The team thrives on delivering high standards of care at all times in a safe, effective, and timely manner.
The band 4 Registered Nursing Associate role is to assist, without direct supervision, in the delivery of high standards of nursing care to patients in the community by following prescribed programmes of care. The role involves working autonomously and a car driver/owner.
This post requires a motivational and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about patient care. You must be flexible, approachable, compassionate, motivated, and hardworking and be able to use your own initiative.
The post holder will be expected to workdays and weekends including bank holidays, 37.5 hours per week. The service operates between 08:00 and 20:00, 7 days a week and you will be required to work shifts between these times Flexible working will be considered.
Main duties of the job
You will work collaboratively as part of a community health team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.
You will provide competent and skilled care and advice to patients in their own homes and other community settings.
You will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users and their carers ensuring they are at the centre of their care.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Community Services Division
This clinical division delivers community health services to people in their own homes, health centres and clinics, NHS walk-In centres and our older adults intermediate care ward at Aintree University Hospital site.
As well as the many community nursing services, this division delivers specialist dental health care, therapies, sexual health, medicines management and nutrition and dietetics services. Our teams work closely with GPs and other health and social care services to ensure patients are cared for with the best support, in or closerto their home.
Our services enable people to remain as independent as possible and many are delivered 24 hours, seven days a week.
Every year our staff deliver care to thousands of patients whilst talking to their families and carers. These hundreds of thousands of interactions mean that our staff are best placed to understand patients holistic health and social needs, including education, prevention and self care.
We are committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcome applications from applicants wishing to work part-time or with flexible working arrangements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Community Services Division
This clinical division delivers community health services to people in their own homes, health centres and clinics, NHS walk-In centres and our older adults intermediate care ward at Aintree University Hospital site.
As well as the many community nursing services, this division delivers specialist dental health care, therapies, sexual health, medicines management and nutrition and dietetics services. Our teams work closely with GPs and other health and social care services to ensure patients are cared for with the best support, in or closerto their home.
Our services enable people to remain as independent as possible and many are delivered 24 hours, seven days a week.
Every year our staff deliver care to thousands of patients whilst talking to their families and carers. These hundreds of thousands of interactions mean that our staff are best placed to understand patients holistic health and social needs, including education, prevention and self care.
We are committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcome applications from applicants wishing to work part-time or with flexible working arrangements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved programme
- Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member under appropriate supervision
- Ability to work independently and to use own initiative as appropriate and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice as outlined in the Code
- Ability to communicate Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff ? Evidence of recent workbased learning or selfdirected learning effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being (Making Every Contact Count)
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Intermediate IT skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved programme
- Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member under appropriate supervision
- Ability to work independently and to use own initiative as appropriate and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice as outlined in the Code
- Ability to communicate Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff ? Evidence of recent workbased learning or selfdirected learning effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being (Making Every Contact Count)
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Intermediate IT skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
