Nurse Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Promote health and prevent ill health to support people to improve and maintain their mental and physical health and wellbeing.
• Work in a team, playing an active role as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, collaborating and communicating effectively with nurses and a range of other healthcare professionals.
• Deliver care independently in line with a person's defined plan of care, within the parameters of the Nursing Associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when required.
• Signpost patients to other appropriate services or professionals as required for a person's care, having an awareness of the available support and services across other healthcare providers.
• Perform clinical tasks such as blood pressure monitoring, venipuncture, ECG recordings, urinalysis and specimen collection, wound assessment and dressing, BMI measurements, basic chronic disease monitoring, spirometry and micro suction.
• Ensure care environment is clean and tidy at all times and that IPC requirements are met. This includes (but is not limited to) being responsible for completing the room cleaning audit sheet at the end of a session and ensuring clinical waste is emptied and taken to the outside bin.
• Support with stock management and basic clinical audits.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Commitment to patient-centered, holistic care.
• Experience in providing primary care across a range of conditions and age groups.

Desirable

• 2 years post registration experience.
• Experience in working within an Enhanced Access service.
• Experience in lung health, spirometry and micro suction.

Qualifications

Essential

• Foundation Degree (FdSc) or Nurse Associate Apprenticeship.
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registration.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Yorkshire Health Network

Address

Priority House

Grove Park Court

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG1 4DP

Employer's website

http://www.yorkshirehealthnetwork.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)