Job responsibilities
1.
Job Summary
We are looking to recruit to the post
of Nursing Associate, to work within our Southport & Formby Federation - Enhanced
Health in Care Homes (EHCH) team.
The post holder will work as a key team
player in the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) team to help support our
Care Homes and Care Home residents. We would provide appropriate support and
training in this Frailty role. The post holder would ideally be an adaptable
individual. It would be essential to have the ability to work confidently and
effectively in a varied and sometimes challenging environment.
The successful candidate will have
excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be organised, patient and
empathetic. They will have experience of working in health, social care or
other support roles including direct contact with people, families, or carers.
2.
Communications
and Key Relationships
Internal:
- Southport & Formby Federation
Directors
- EHCH GP Lead
- EHCH Clinical Pharmacist
- EHCH Care Co-ordinator Lead
- Individual team members Community
Nurses and Care Co-ordinators
External:
- Patients
- Relatives and carers
- GP practices
- Community teams and community support
services
- Hospital Trusts
- Hospice teams
- Social Services and social care teams
3.
Job Responsibilities
Work
as part of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes multidisciplinary team (MDT),
delivering a high standard of care that focuses on the direct needs of the Care
Home resident.
Delivery
of high quality, compassionate care whilst undertaking specific clinical and
care tasks, under the direction of a registered nurse, with a focus on
promoting good health and independence.
Performing
and recording clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature,
respiration rate and pulse.
With additional
training (if needed), be open to providing extended clinical tasks including
ECGs, venepuncture, and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the EHCH
team.
Supporting
individuals and their families and carers when discussing Advanced Clinical
Management Plans.
Discussing
and sharing information with registered nurses on patients health status
using the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment framework.
Work
with a supervisor to take responsibility for
developing own clinical competencies, leadership, and reflective practice
skills within the workplace.
Developing
an understanding of caring and supporting people with complex conditions such
as dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities.
4.
Skills
and Qualifications
Registered
Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
Nursing
Associate foundation degree qualification.
GCSE
Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or
equivalent.
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 working confidentially with complex/sensitive information.
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 non-verbal 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 across supporting organisations.
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.
Motivate others
by influencing and inspire others in new enhanced ways of working.
Highly developed
interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership
working, and coaching skills.
Provide strong
intellectual, strategic, and systematic thinking skills, and will think
creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes.
Embed the core
NMC values and expectations of care, compassions, courage, communication,
commitment, and competence into everyday practice.
5.
Confidentiality
Southport
and Formby Health is committed to meeting all legal and statutory duties relating
to the confidentiality of its business, its staff and the people who use our
services.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job
Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information. Staff are therefore required to maintain appropriate
standards of confidentiality relating to all aspects of their work, colleagues,
service users and third-party information and must adhere to service policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
6.
Security
The security of
access to information is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must be
always be vigilant, reporting suspicious activity immediately. Staff must not
share passwords or security codes with unauthorised personnel and must ensure
that access to restricted areas and information remains secure.
7.
Health
& Safety
The company supports opportunities for staff
to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety at work. All employees have a
duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, the
team and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with
health and safety requirements.
The post-holder will:
Maintain the workplace in
accordance with Health & Safety at Work Act.
Maintain a clean, tidy and
effective work area and ensure that all areas are maintained, kept and comply
with Health & Safety Guidelines ensuring the safe use of equipment and
storage of materials.
Adhere to health and safety policies.
Make effective use of training to update knowledge and
skills.
Identify risks involved in work activities and undertake
those activities in a way that manages risk.
Report and
record potential and actual risks identified.
8.
Equality,
Diversity and Inclusion
The
company is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion - ensuring that all
staff and service users have access to an environment that is open and is free
from discrimination. We value diversity of staff and service users. All staff
are required to be aware of the Equality and Diversity Policy, our commitments
and responsibilities.
The post-holder will support
equality, diversity and inclusion rights of colleagues and service users and will:
Act in a way that recognises
the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is
consistent with service procedures and policies, and current legislation.
Respect the privacy, dignity,
needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
Behave in a manner which is
welcoming to and of any individual, is non-judgmental and respects their
circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
9.
Personal/Professional
Development and Personal Conduct
The
post holder is required to dress and act appropriately for their role and is
required to comply with company codes of conduct.
The
post holder will complete an induction programme with the line manager when
joining the company, and thereafter, will participate in any training programme
implemented by the company as part of this employment. This will include:
Attending or completing
relevant mandatory training when required to do so.
Taking responsibility for own
development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities
to others who are undertaking similar work.
Maintaining a record of own
personal and/or professional development.
Regular supervision in
accordance with good practice guidelines and company policy.
Participation in the annual
appraisal process.
10.
Communication
The
post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with
other team members.
Communicate effectively with
patients and carers.
Recognise peoples needs for
alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
11.
Quality
The post-holder will
apply service policies, standards and guidance, will strive to maintain all
aspects quality within the business, and will:
Manage
their own time, workload and resources effectively.
Assess their own performance
and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
Discuss with other members of
the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
Alert team members to issues
of service quality and risk.
Contribute to the
effectiveness of the team by reflecting on their own and team activities and
make suggestions on ways to improve and enhance team performance.
Work effectively with other
agencies as required, to meet the needs of the company and its service users.
Participate in audit as
required.
This document and these duties may be
amended following consultation with the post holder, to facilitate the
development of the role, the company, and the individual. All personnel should
be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existing duties, to enable the
efficient running of the company.
To apply for the role please provide your CV and outline how your background matches the requirements of the person specification
