Nursing Associate

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are recruiting for Nursing Associates/Associate Practitioners who wish to join the Community Nursing Teams. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.

Do you want to be part of a service that has developed an excellent reputation for delivering high quality care to people within the community?

Then this job could be for you.

The team operate 7 days/week from 0800-2000 our primary function is to reduce hospitalisation rates for older adults living with frailty & co-morbidities by providing sub-acute treatments and interventions to enable people to stay within their own homes safely. Referrals come from multiple internal and external sources. CRR are working in conjunction with our ambulance service to increase referrals into CRR for 2-hour Urgent Crisis Response as set out by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

The role will work across the localities across the Isle of Wight.

Our team won the 2021 Nursing Times Award for care of the older person.

The team consists of:

Nurse Consultant for the Older Persons Cluster

Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Registered Nurses

Physiotherapists

Occupational Therapist

Associate Practitioners

Nursing Associates

Admin

Third sector support

You may be required to work in any of our 3 localities

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering high quality individualised patient centered care using a holistic approach. The role involves carrying out delegated routine assessments and interventions, spanning the professional domains of nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy.

Using a multidisciplinary approach, the successful applicant may carry out a number of duties from:

Clinical/ welfare checks

Concerned for welfare checks

Observation monitoring

Therapy and physio visits

Equipment instillation

2-hour response calls (from community nursing and the ambulance service)

This post is essential to the successful continuation of the CRR team to ensure that the team is well led, effective and resources are used effectively and is a truly exciting opportunity for a person who wishes to develop clinical and interpersonal skills working within a clinical environment that is dynamic and challenging.

The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will work alongside other practitioners in the Community Nursing team to provide high quality, efficient and effective care to patients, which works towards improving the lives of people on the Isle of Wight and delivering care in the patient's home.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

348-IOW-5248

Job locations

St Marys Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Formal Assistant Practitioner qualification / Health & Social Care Degree or equivalent OR
*Nursing Associate Qualification registered with the NMC
*Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care Practice
*Care certificate

Desirable

Health & Social Care Foundation Degree or equivalent as required for post

Experience

Essential

*An awareness of risk management
*Significant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting

Desirable

*Experience of working in the community

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder, e.g. car driver, lone working
*Car driver with clean licence
*Awareness of personal safety
*Demonstrate a range of technical and clinical skills and competencies appropriate to service needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Formal Assistant Practitioner qualification / Health & Social Care Degree or equivalent OR
*Nursing Associate Qualification registered with the NMC
*Foundation Degree in Health & Social Care Practice
*Care certificate

Desirable

Health & Social Care Foundation Degree or equivalent as required for post

Experience

Essential

*An awareness of risk management
*Significant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting

Desirable

*Experience of working in the community

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder, e.g. car driver, lone working
*Car driver with clean licence
*Awareness of personal safety
*Demonstrate a range of technical and clinical skills and competencies appropriate to service needs

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.