Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice: -

Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.

Assist in the development of programmes to improve health and well-being and meet the specific needs of communities, groups, and individuals.

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.

Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals.

Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care.

Assess and care for patients presenting with leg ulcerations and general wound care.

Support and advise women requesting information relating to Contraception and Sexual Health issues.

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.

Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions.

To assist in the supervision and support 40-70 health checks

Communication: -

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, and preferred ways of communicating.

Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens.

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.

Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders.

Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to others.

Delivery Quality Service: -

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008).

Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.

Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

Deliver care according to the NSF and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and evidence-based care.

Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking, and formal evaluation.

Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.

Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.

In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.

Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.

Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.

Participate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework.

Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.

Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance.

Work within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• General Practice

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

Malling Health UK Ltd

Address

Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre, Valley Park Centre, Peterborough, PE2 9QB

Peterborough

PE2 9QB

Employer's website

https://malling.health/ (Opens in a new tab)