Registered Nursing Associate - Kington District Nursing Team
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Job summary
Are you a Registered Nursing Associate? Looking to venture into the community setting? If so, then the Kington and Weobley District Nursing Team have a new and exciting opportunity for you.
The team is currently recruiting a band 4 Registered Nursing Associate to join our supportive and dedicated team, based in North West Herefordshire. We are a supportive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes.
We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, includingGP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
You will be equipped for mobile working and will be provided with a laptop and smartphone, meaning that you will have access to patient data and are able to complete patient documentation and paperwork in real-time.
We would welcome applications from experienced and newly qualified Nursing Associates. You will be supported within the role, to achieve all clinical competencies within your professional scope of practice, through our Integrated Care Academy.
The district nursing service operates between the hours of 8am-8pm and the post holder will be required to work shifts between 8am-8pm, including weekends.
Main duties of the job
Our aim is to provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst undertaking an holistic nursing assessment, we aim to encourage patients to remain as independent as possible, in order to prevent hospital admissions.
Due to the nature of this role, the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post are essential.
Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to;
- Medication Administration
- Wound Care
- Insulin administration
- Catheterisation & Catheter Management
- Pressure Area Care
- Venepuncture
- Removal of clips/sutures
- Leg ulcer management
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
07 November 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata, with enhancements for out of hours working
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
229-IC-5788424
Job locations
Kington District Nursing Team
Kington Medical Practice, Eardisley Road
Kington
HR5 3EA
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Kington District Nursing Team
Kington Medical Practice, Eardisley Road
Kington
HR5 3EA
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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