Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Delivery of high quality, compassionate care whilst undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse or GP Partnerwith a focus on promoting good health and independence

To provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals

To provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

To provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required

To work as part of the organisations MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision

To improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity

To contribute to the delivery of integrated care

To work with the organisations MDT to ensure delivery of nursing associate duties to complement existing workforce

To work with a supervisor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace

To provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices and those on learning assignments/placements as required

To support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care.

To develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health

To perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse

After undertaking additional training, to perform cervical cytology, administer childhood immunisations, flu vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the organisation in line with the competencies of the role

To promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check

To care for individuals with dementia, mental health conditions and learning disabilities

To provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

To provide support during minor operations as required

To advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services

To communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues attending and contributing to meetings as required

To maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED CT codes

To process pathology results as required

To enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service

To work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present

To contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance

To attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed

To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care

To support and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes including any opportunistic delivery

Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area

Secondary responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Nursing Associate may be requested to:

Be an accountable professional

Support delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives enhancing service delivery and patient care

Assist with COVID-19 tasks as required

Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner

Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility

To understand practice and departmental policies

Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes

To act as a chaperone

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to Nursing Associate FDSC

Desirable

• Qualified in phlebotomy
• Qualified and up to date in administering adult vaccinations ie: flu/pneumococcal/covid vaccinations and B12 injections.
• Preferable experience in taking cervical smears and administering childhood immunisations, however training will be provided in these areas for the right candidate.

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

Eden Court Medical Practice

Address

200 Tangmere Drive

Castle Vale

Birmingham

West Midlands

B35 6EE

Employer's website

https://www.edencourt.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)