Full-time Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job summary

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing care to the practice population. Supported by a senior nurse within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required. In addition, the post-holder will be required to support the multidisciplinary team, ensuring the strategic objectives of the practice are met.

Main duties of the job

• Assisting and performing routine nursing tasks which are related to patient care.
• The necessary training to allow you to undertake adult and child NHS immunisation programmes and perform cervical screening.
• Performing competencies in venepuncture, ECG's, Spirometry, wound care management.
• To support chronic disease management.
• Provide general health promotion and NHS Health Checks.
• To be able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BLS) and automated Defibrillator according to current UK guidelines, training and updates will be provided annually.

About us

Our practice team is made up of both clinical and administrative staff, who work closely together to deliver care to our practice population.

The clinical team comprises of GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist), Practice Nurse, Healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomist.

The practice operates on a team based approach with regular meetings to share best practice and ideas. Team objectives are clearly stated and measured against national and local criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Polite and confident
• Flexible
• Motivated
• Forward thinker
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• (core hours 08:00 - 18:30)
• Essential
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and email communication systems e.g. Outlook, nhs.net
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow policy and procedures
• A willingness to undertake appropriate training in line with practice and personal development plans
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families

Desirable

• Experience of working within a general practice setting
• Disclosing Barring Scheme (DBS) checked
• Desirable
• EMIS Clinical System experience

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

Ash Surgery

Address

Chilton Place

Ash

Canterbury

Kent

CT3 2HD

Employer's website

http://ashsurgery.nhs.uk/# (Opens in a new tab)