Nursing Associate in General Practice - WBC PCN

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

The role of the Nursing Associate will be to work with the Registered Nurses and other members of our diverse clinical team, providing and monitoring care to patients within the network practices and in community settings. The Nursing Associate will be supported on a day-to-day basis by the clinical team at each GP surgery to deliver holistic care to our patients.

This is a new post with a specific focus on addressing Health Inequalities for the Primary Care Network. The Nursing Associate will be mentored by the Nurse Lead Coordinator for WBC, who is also the Health Inequalities Lead and a practising clinician.

The Nursing Associate will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting population health programmes including cervical screening, hypertension management and CVD prevention, vaccination campaigns and spirometry.

Training will be provided where necessary.

There are also plans to develop group consultations and community outreach through the Wellbeing Team which will provide an opportunity for the Nursing Associate to support population health management for the network.

We will encourage and support your continued professional development as well as assisting in developing a specialist area of interest where possible.

Main Responsibilities:

You will be practitioner who is comfortable working independently and under the leadership of our Registered Nurses, supporting with all aspects of nursing care and improving on the safety and quality of patient care at every opportunity. You will need excellent communication skills, be able to meet targets and liaise positively with patients, primary care staff and other partners.

To maintain a high-level professional standard of nursing care in adherence to all Practice protocols/policies & guidelines, as well as to provide nursing assistance to the GPs and other members of the primary healthcare team.

Perform and record clinical observations and promote health and wellbeing as part of chronic disease management. Escalate abnormal finding as appropriate in line with Practice policies.

To support and provide excellent nursing care.

Ability to deliver holistic care with an awareness of long-term conditions and other co-morbid physical and psychological presentations.

Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services working in collaboration with the PCN Wellbeing Team.

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records and enhance your own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.

Recognition of the limitations of your own safe practice and when to ask for additional clinical support.

Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage own caseload.

Contributes to the achievement of local and national schemes in Primary Care such as the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and the Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service.

Work as part of the PCN’s Multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide and monitor care, under director or indirect supervision.

Improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity

Contribute to the delivery of integrated care

Work with the PCN MDT to ensure delivery of nursing associate duties which complement existing workforce.

Provide support and supervision to Trainee Nursing Associates, Healthcare Assistants, Apprentices, and those on learning assignments/placements as required.

Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

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.
• 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 The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
• Understanding of 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.
• Demonstrates attention to detail.
• Self-motivator.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Flexibility in approach to meet service needs and a changing healthcare environment.
• Caring and empathetic.

Employer details

Employer name

Taurus Healthcare Limited

Address

Suite 1, Berrows Business Centre

Bath Street

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR1 2HE

Employer's website

https://www.herefordshiregeneralpractice.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)