Nursing Associate

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nursing Associate to join Lancaster Medical Practice. The post holder will help to provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to Practice Nurses, Doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The post holder will understand and act accordingly in line with the NMC professional standards.

The successful candidate will also work alongside our Frailty Matrons as part of our visiting service and may be required to undertake home visits as part of their role.

Main duties of the job

Understanding and assessing clinical risk and reporting any ill health of patients and make requests for GPs to see the patient where necessary.

Monitoring and support in the management of patients with long term conditions/chronic conditions, using holistic patient centred approach.

Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse, for example as set out in the NMC standards.

Take vital signs and observations and identify signs of improvement, report any deteriorations or concerns, e.g. pulse, blood pressure, respirations, oxygen saturations, peak flow, blood glucose levels, ECG, assessing nutrition and hydration.

Basic wound care management.

Administer medications as prescribed and in accordance with NMC standards, e.g. via nebuliser or injections using sub-cutaneous or intramuscular route under Patient Specific Directions.

Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to Senior Nurses or GPs as appropriate assist in the assessment, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes to promote health and well-being and prevent adverse effects.

Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new patient medicals and NHS Health Checks.

About us

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018.

We deliver our services from eight locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centred General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organisation with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients.

LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact during their work.

Please be aware that in the event that we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the post before the closing date.