Nurse Associate/Nurse

Job responsibilities

Job description

£13.13-£14.89 per hour dependant on experience

PLEASE NOTE- Interviews to be held week commencing 14th April 2025

PLEASE NOTE- Applications will not be considered unless a cover letter is included. Your cover letter should describe how your experience and skills demonstrate your ability to meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Communication and Working relationships

Always act professionally in line with PCN code of conduct and communicate effectively with dignity and respect to all patients, relatives and others giving consideration to potential barriers to understanding.

Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for care.

You will be able to assess clinical risk and know when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional and able to communicate effectively with patients. You will also be able to carry out clinical tasks to a high level of competency, organizing and prioritizing your own workload.

Management and personal Development

You will be a registered Nursing Associate or Nurse, on the NMC register, with a Foundation Degree in Healthcare Practice or an equivalent registration such as a higher national diploma who has worked within a multi-disciplinary team. Working in line with the values and behaviours of the NMC standards.

Comply with the NMC regulations relating to revalidation to maintain NMC registration.

Maintain a professional portfolio of skill development in line with NMC code of professional practice.

Undertake in service training relevant to the post.

Actively participate and attend team meetings.

Supervise and delegate appropriately to support staff within the team

Develop skills in relation to health and wellbeing coaching, personalized care and neighbourhood teams.

Clinical Activities

As a Nursing Associate or nurse you will be working as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing high quality nursing care to patients and their families within the farming health hub.

You will be giving compassionate, holistic, evidence-based practice to patients using a range of interventions within the defined scope of the role and within PCN approved policies, procedures and individual care plans.

Have the ability to work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the individuals plan of care.

Demonstrate sound knowledge of care and treatment in order to undertake non-complex nursing assessment and reassessment within the Livestock Market Health Hub under the direction/supervision of senior staff.

Perform, understand and report patient risk assessments, for example, nutritional, falls, pressure, ulcer assessments and long-term condition reviews.

Report back from the livestock market and share information with the registered practice on condition, behaviours, activity and responses of individuals.

Undertake a full range of clinical skills as per competency framework, including care wound, venipuncture, administration of medical with stable patients, peak flows, blood sugars, ECGs, performing spirometry

Coach and motivate patients with long term health conditions through multiple sessions to identify what is important to them in terms of their health and wellbeing. Supporting patients to self-identify goals using coaching and behaviour techniques.

Support to improve PCN health challenges, for example, in diabetes, weight management, smoking.

Engage in public health, community development, and in the reduction of health inequalities.

Strategic Development, Planning and Organising

Work in an effective and organised manner demonstrating excellent case load management.

Demonstrate the ability to organise structured clinics within the Livestock Market in partnership with Kivells and Imagine If, whilst remaining flexible in response to demand.

Working with the social prescribing service to connect them to community-based activities that support the patients health and wellbeing.

Administrative

Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records are made to maintain professional standards of record keeping in line with the PCN policies.

To maintain compliance with the PCN and statutory responsibility for confidentiality

Ensure proper use of the PCN resources in the course of business, ensuring minimal waste and minimal cost.

IT Systems and Process

Ensure ability to manage electronic records system in line with PCN policy

Key Results and Outcomes

The key outcome is for patients to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to self-manage their long-term health conditions and to work on the health and wellbeing related goals that are most important to them.

In addition, the nursing associate or nurse will support the engagement of patients in a wide range of healthy living programmes, peer support programmes and patient education programmes both within the PCN and in the wider community.

Line Management Responsibilities

None

Freedom to Act

The role will also deliver specialised behaviour change and health education interventions both on a one to one and group basis after completing PCN approved training. E.g. smoking cessation, healthy weight coaching, Type 2 Diabetes Structured Education Courses, HOPE Course, Pain Cafe etc

The post holder is required to comply with all relevant Code of Conducts for the role, including the PCNs code of conduct. All staff are required to support the PCNs commitment to developing and delivering excellent customer service by treating patients their carers, families, friends, visitors and staff with professionalism, dignity and respect. All staff are expected to behave in a professional manner and not to bring the Trust into disrepute.

Job Type is Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length 12 months

Pay is £13.13-£14.89 per hour

Expected hours are 24 per week

Benefits

Company pension

On site parking

Sick pay

Schedule

Monday to Friday

Work Location is In person

Prior Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working within a health care setting.
• Hold a full UK driving license.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within a primary care network.
• Previous experience of working within general practice.
• Previous experience working within a Primary Care Community Nursing Team
• Previous research experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse with a Higher national diploma.
• Or hold a Nursing Associate Foundation Degree.
• Or hold a Degree in Adult Nursing.
• Hold an NMC Registration.
• Demonstrate a commitment to further learning and development.

Desirable

• Completion of or a desire to completed the Personalised Care Institute accredited 2 day Health Coaching Course.
• Completed or a desire to complete the additional 2 days of the accredited health and coaching course.
• Ageing Well Education and Coaching Programme.

Experience

Essential

• Ability to undertake a structured top top-to-toe clinical enquiry
• Understand the interrelation between the individuals long term/health
• conditions, medications, lifestyle and health beliefs, and the role of
• collaborating with others where appropriate.
• Demonstrate clinical curiosity and undertake clinical enquiry, sharing
• findings/escalate appropriately
• Demonstrate the ability to recognise when a persons condition has improved or deteriorated by undertaking health monitoring. Interpret, promptly respond, share findings, and escalate as needed
• Utilise problem-solving skills (critical thinking, decision-making, solution focused, proactive) in interactions with patients and when handling unexpected situations or difficult challenges.
• Understand that health promotion is about empowering people to optimise their health. Apply the basic principles of health promotion messaging when engaging with people. (E.g., balanced diet; smoking cessation; moving more and physical activity).
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload, recognising where elements of care can safely be delegated to other colleagues, carers and family members.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, digital, verbal and non-verbal communication).
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Have effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
• Maintain high standards of quality in record keeping; ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date.
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the demands and pressure associated with life within the agricultural and farming trade.
• Health and wellbeing coaching skills
• MECE01 Making every contact count.
• Previous research 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).