Job summary
Bank Nursing Associate South, Central, North and Hub Team
We are looking for a dynamic Nurse Associate to join our 0-19 team in Cheshire East. This role will focus on providing high quality, care for the Childrens and families within our local population.
Main duties of the job
To contribute to the provision of care for Children, young people and their Families including those with complex needs. To understand the roles of a range of professionals and carers from other organisations and settings who maybe participating in the care of a person and their family, and their responsibilities in relation to communication and collaboration.
The role requires the ability to be flexible and adaptable whilst working in people's homes and other community settings.
About us
Wirral Community Health and Care Trust take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.
You can also visit our dedicated. children and young people's website to find out more about our services.
We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.
Julia Bryant, Quality Lead at the Trust, shares her experience of working within the organisation's children and young people's services.
Watch Julia's video.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.
We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.
We currently deliver outstanding 0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens, supporting over 207,000 children and young people. Our dedicated, innovative and forward thinking children and young people's services have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of families in our communities.
We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.
If you are an enthusiastic and forward thinking individual who wants to make a real difference to children and their families then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for, offering a variety of work to the successful candidate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, delivering high quality health and care services to the populations of Wirral, Cheshire East and West, St Helens and Knowsley.
We take great pride in being an open, trusting and compassionate organisation. The Trust is committed to promoting and building a team that enhances inclusion, diversity and equality. We strongly believe that working together with our partners, listening to and engaging with our patients, service users and their families we can make a real difference to the lives of local people within our communities.
We currently deliver outstanding 0-19 and 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Services across Wirral, Cheshire East and St Helens, supporting over 207,000 children and young people. Our dedicated, innovative and forward thinking children and young people's services have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of families in our communities.
We work closely with our commissioners and partners to deliver the best possible services for the children, young people and families.
If you are an enthusiastic and forward thinking individual who wants to make a real difference to children and their families then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for, offering a variety of work to the successful candidate.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Professional Training
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on NMC register
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
- GCSE Grade A-C Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths and English or equivalent.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates.
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- An understanding of the presentations of multiple pathology, depression and anxiety states and frailty, predominantly in older people.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understand the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Knowledge of a broad range of conditions experienced by patients in community and general practice settings. This will include Long Term Conditions, and common mental illnesses, frailty and palliative and end of life care.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the community setting
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
- Ability to facilitate group/multidisciplinary group meetings
Desirable
- Ability to use IT systems Systm 1, Cerner
- Ability to work unsupervised with team support and as a lone worker
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Empathetic, able to deal with sensitive information
- Access to a car for work purposes
Person Specification
Qualifications & Professional Training
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on NMC register
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
- GCSE Grade A-C Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths and English or equivalent.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates.
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- An understanding of the presentations of multiple pathology, depression and anxiety states and frailty, predominantly in older people.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understand the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Knowledge of a broad range of conditions experienced by patients in community and general practice settings. This will include Long Term Conditions, and common mental illnesses, frailty and palliative and end of life care.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the community setting
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
- Ability to facilitate group/multidisciplinary group meetings
Desirable
- Ability to use IT systems Systm 1, Cerner
- Ability to work unsupervised with team support and as a lone worker
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Empathetic, able to deal with sensitive information
- Access to a car for work purposes
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).
Additional information
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
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Eagle Bridge Health and Wellbeing Centre
Dunwoody Way
Crewe
CW1 3AW
Employer's website
https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
