Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Nursing Associate to join the Marlow Adult Community Healthcare Team.
The successful candidate will be part of the friendly and proactive community team. Working in collaboration to provide a high standard of nursing care in the community.
We offer a preceptorship programme for newly qualified nursing associates, an extensive orientation programme, with the support of the advanced community practitioners and the practice development team.
Training and support will be given to achieve your competencies.
The role will be supporting the Community Nurses in a wide range nursing activities. These include admission prevention, facilitating discharges from hospital and end of life care. It will involve amongst other tasks holistic patient assessment, medication administration, wound and pressure area care and catheter management.
Main duties of the job
- Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to people in a range of care settings.
- Contribute to ongoing assessment of patients, recognising when it is necessary to refer and escalate to a Registered Nurse for reassessment
- Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with people, families and carers
- Record all care delivered appropriately and contemporaneously. Documentation must be clear, concise and legible. Any documentation must also be signed and dated.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing overresponsibility for care.
- Communicate effectively with patients when delivering cares, providing advice where appropriate.
- Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes
- Understand, encourage and complete the necessary paperwork to enable discharge/transfers in a safe and timely manner.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TR
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- GCSE Grade A-C/Level 4-9 in Maths & English or skills functional level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multidisciplinary 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.
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
- Knowledge of when to seek 3 Interview advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in health care.
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive 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).
Closing Date: 17 November 2024
