Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role and Responsibilities

Communication and Relationship Skills

To engage in positive relationships with patients/carers/families and other staff based on respect and within appropriate boundaries.

To act in a professional capacity at all times.

To be able to set therapeutic limits with patients, carers or relatives.

To be able to communication with the patient about care planning risk assessment needs.

Communicate complex and sensitive information verbally and in writing.

Actively contribute during handovers to meet the care needs of patients.

Actively contribute to meetings

To formulate care plans under the supervision of registered staff.

To communicate risk issues as they arise to ensure safe care.

To communicate concerns relating to patient behaviour or mental state to other members of the multidisciplinary team

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate evidenced based knowledge in the main physical health problems that adult patients may present with i.e., high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, epilepsy, respiratory issues, constipation, lack of personal hygiene, including foot care.
• Demonstrate an ability to complete on-going monitoring templates and health assessments with the support from other members of the team.
• Analytical Skills
• To understand the concept of verbal and non-verbal communication and be able use the skills at the desired level.
• Has an understanding of risk behaviours and risk management.
• Understanding of incident reporting.

Desirable

• Planning and Organisational Skills
• Work as a supervised primary nurse, planning, co-ordinating and implementing care to patients.
• Can facilitate/co-facilitate group activities that focus on health promotion or social activity.
• To be able to plan and manage workload.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Nursing Associate with Registration

Desirable

• Demonstrate an ability to undertake baseline physical observations and record results correctly. In addition, be able to identify anomalies that should be referred to a first level nurse or one of the medical staff Baseline observations include:
• Phlebotomy
• Blood pressure
• Pulse
• Respirations
• Weight
• Eating pattern
• Sleep pattern
• Glucose monitoring

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

St Clement’s Surgery

Address

Churchgate Way

Terrington St. Clement

King's Lynn

Norfolk

PE34 4LZ

Employer's website

http://www.stclementssurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)