Nursing Associate

Job description

Job responsibilities

The following list of duties and responsibilities represent the broad range of tasks, which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically, in addition to the local level roles and responsibilities of a nursing associate:

• Under the supervision and working in partnership with a registered nurse, provide and deliver a high standard of nursing care contributing to the on-going assessment whilst providing and monitoring care based on evidence and working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team;
• Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients;
• Monitor the condition and health needs of patients within their care on a continual basis in partnership with patients, families and carers, ensuring appropriate escalation to a registered nurse when required;
• Provide and receive sensitive information concerning a patients medical condition;
• Work with the registered nurse and engage with other agencies and community teams to maintain a safe, individualised approach to the admission and discharge of patients;
• Provide effective evidence based care for service users under the supervision of registered nurses in order to perform non-complex activities, in line with clinical governance and professional standards including;
• Comply with the NMC regulations relating to revalidation to maintain NMC registration;
• Act as a professional role model and in accordance with the NMC Code and the NMC Standards for Nursing Associates;
• Act in accordance with all organisational policies and procedures and within expected values and behaviours;
• Actively participate in and attend regular meetings.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or you can drop us an email to request should you be having difficulty accessing or opening the document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSEs grade 9 to 4 (A to C) in maths and English
• Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a health care setting

Desirable

• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team

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

BARDOC

Address

The Medical Centre

Market Street

Whitworth

Rochdale

Lancashire

OL12 8QS

Employer's website

http://bardoc.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)