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 team 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.
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
Main duties of the job
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
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.
About us
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.
This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.
We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the new organisation will be called Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
As part of the move towards working as one organisation, people employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 30 April 2024, will transfer to Southern Health Foundation Trust under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 May 2024.
On 1st July 2024 Southern Health will become the new organisation (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Foundation Trust).
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust will continue to deliver both acute and ambulance services for the island population.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Job Statement
The post holder will assume responsibility for delegated aspects of healthcare delivery, working within a scope of practice under the direction/supervision of a registered practitioner. The registered practitioner remains accountable for the appropriate and effective delegation of activities and ensuring that the Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner has the competency, confidence and expertise to carry out such activities. Having accepted the activity, the practitioner is accountable for their actions. In a situation where the practitioner feels they do not have the necessary skills or ability then they must alert the registered practitioner immediately. With the support of an agreed educational package tailored to meet needs of the individual and the service they will work within relevant legal and ethical frameworks and in accordance with organisational protocols and policies.
The Practitioner will be proficient, knowledgeable and competent. Educated to Foundation Degree level or equivalent accredited level 5 qualifications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Job Statement
The post holder will assume responsibility for delegated aspects of healthcare delivery, working within a scope of practice under the direction/supervision of a registered practitioner. The registered practitioner remains accountable for the appropriate and effective delegation of activities and ensuring that the Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner has the competency, confidence and expertise to carry out such activities. Having accepted the activity, the practitioner is accountable for their actions. In a situation where the practitioner feels they do not have the necessary skills or ability then they must alert the registered practitioner immediately. With the support of an agreed educational package tailored to meet needs of the individual and the service they will work within relevant legal and ethical frameworks and in accordance with organisational protocols and policies.
The Practitioner will be proficient, knowledgeable and competent. Educated to Foundation Degree level or equivalent accredited level 5 qualifications.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- Formal Assistant Practitioner qualification / Health & Social Care Degree or equivalent OR Nursing Associate Qualification registered with the NMC oFoundation Degree in Health & Social Care Practice oCare certificate oAn awareness of risk management oSignificant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting
Physical Skills
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
Aptitude
Essential
- Self-aware
- Self-motivated
- Flexible approach
- Attention to personal detail and presentation
- Act personally in a way that supports equality fairness and values diversity
- Demonstrate effective and efficient use of resources
Abilities
Essential
- Display the ability to Prioritise / Delegate
- Work effectively in difficult circumstances
- Logical reasoning ability
- Ability to function as an effective member of the community nursing team and wider community services
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively and manage competing demands
- Ability to recognise own limitations
Communication Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, written and verbal
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Honest; Caring; Compassionate; Conscientious; Committed
- Treat individuals with dignity, respecting individual's beliefs, culture, values & preferences
- Demonstrate courage to challenge areas of concern and work to best practice
- Be adaptable
- Demonstrate discretion
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- Formal Assistant Practitioner qualification / Health & Social Care Degree or equivalent OR Nursing Associate Qualification registered with the NMC oFoundation Degree in Health & Social Care Practice oCare certificate oAn awareness of risk management oSignificant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting
Physical Skills
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
Aptitude
Essential
- Self-aware
- Self-motivated
- Flexible approach
- Attention to personal detail and presentation
- Act personally in a way that supports equality fairness and values diversity
- Demonstrate effective and efficient use of resources
Abilities
Essential
- Display the ability to Prioritise / Delegate
- Work effectively in difficult circumstances
- Logical reasoning ability
- Ability to function as an effective member of the community nursing team and wider community services
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively and manage competing demands
- Ability to recognise own limitations
Communication Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, written and verbal
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Honest; Caring; Compassionate; Conscientious; Committed
- Treat individuals with dignity, respecting individual's beliefs, culture, values & preferences
- Demonstrate courage to challenge areas of concern and work to best practice
- Be adaptable
- Demonstrate discretion
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
