Nursing Associate

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

Parkfield Medical Centre in Potters Bar, are looking to recruit a nursing associate, to support a specific stream of work at the practice. This role is offered on a part-time basis of 30 hours per week. This role will involve working as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertake clinical tasks including venepuncture and ECGs.
  • Support individuals and their families and carers when faced with unwelcome news and life-changing diagnoses.
  • Perform and recording clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse.
  • Discuss and share information with registered nurses on a patients condition, behaviour, activity, and responses.
  • Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is always maintained.
  • Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults.
  • Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care.
  • Conduct safe administration of injections using subcutaneous and intramuscular routes.
  • Smear tests.
  • Diabetes care.
  • Chronic disease management.
  • End of life/ palliative care support.
  • Undertake clinical medication reviews to proactively manage people with complex polypharmacy.
  • Support the practice in the delivery of full Spirometry services.

About us

The practice provides services to a patient population of 13,000. We have an excellent complement of administrative and nursing staff including; 1 matron, 2 practice nurses, 1 HCA, 1 paramedic, 1 phlebotomist and a practice pharmacist. We are a high achieving surgery in all clinical and quality areas. We also have:

  • High QoF achievement.
  • Modern, purpose built premises with excellent transport links to London, Hertfordshire and beyond.
  • Established training practice for East of England VTS scheme and Cambridge Medical School undergraduates.
  • Highly engaged patient participation group of over 2,000 members.

Date posted

01 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,000 to £28,000 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

6900_2

Job locations

The Walk,

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 1QH


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
  • Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
  • GCSE Grade A-C in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent.
  • At least 2 years post graduate training.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working 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.
  • A willingness to learn new skills and attend training.
  • Ability to organize and prioritise own delegated workload.
  • Ability to undertake the clinical skills outlined in the Job description.
  • 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.
  • Ability to support, supervise, assess, and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates, nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
  • Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
  • GCSE Grade A-C in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent.
  • At least 2 years post graduate training.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working 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.
  • A willingness to learn new skills and attend training.
  • Ability to organize and prioritise own delegated workload.
  • Ability to undertake the clinical skills outlined in the Job description.
  • 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.
  • Ability to support, supervise, assess, and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates, nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

The Walk,

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 1QH


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

The Walk,

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 1QH


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Parkfield Medical Centre

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

07966211098

Date posted

01 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,000 to £28,000 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

6900_2

Job locations

The Walk,

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 1QH


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