Nursing Associate
- NHS
- Full Time
- Bury Saint Edmunds
- 14.00 an hour
Job Description
Job summary
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Nursing Associate to join our friendly and dynamic team at Woolpit Health Centre. This is a full-time role of 37 hours per week plus 1 in 6 Saturday mornings on a rota.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in a multidisciplinary team and be responsible for undertaking a wide range of clinical duties. The ability to work confidently and effectively in a varied, and sometimes challenging environment is essential.
The successful candidate should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, 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.
About us
Based in the Suffolk village of Woolpit, the Health Centre aims to provide:
The type of care that we would expect for ourselves and our own families.
We provide services to over 16,000 patients who live in a practice area of 75 square miles of rural West Suffolk, straddling the A14, between Thurston in the west, and Haughley in the east.
We pride ourselves in delivering high standards of care. We are holders of the Royal College of General Practitioners Practice Accreditation Award, a quality mark held by only 19 UK practices.
Our 7 GP partners and 8 non-partner GPs lead a multidisciplinary team including nurses, health care assistants, a practice based medicines management team, social prescriber, first contact physiotherapists and mental health practitioners - based in our purpose-built premises.
Benefits of working for Woolpit Health Centre include:
Attractive rates of pay with annual pay review (not agenda for change)
Generous annual leave entitlement
Voluntary overtime when available
Regular one-to-ones and supervision to aid development and support good communication
Plenty of training opportunities
Membership of the NHS contributory pension scheme
The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
Life insurance
Family benefits including an adult dependents pension and childrens pension
Ill health benefits
20% employer contribution
Option of NHS discount and Blue Light Card for retail/dining/holidays etc.
Free uniform
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
a)Work as part of the Multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision.
b)Improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity.
c)Contribute to the delivery of integrated care.
d)Work with the MDT to ensure the delivery of nursing associate duties complements the existing workforce.
e)Provide support and supervision to Training Nursing Associates, Healthcare Assistants, Apprentices, and those on learning assignments/placements as required.
f)Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care.
g)Develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care, and mental health.
h)Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse.
i)After undertaking additional training, provide flu vaccinations, ECGs, venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required in line with the competencies of the role.
j)Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check.
k)Care for patients with dementia, mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
l)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.
m)Communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues, attending and contributing to meetings as required.
n)Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records.
o)Enhance own performance through continual professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.
Please see the attached Job Description for further information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
- GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or
- equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Competent IT skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative, demonstrating effective
- organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
- 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
Desirable
- Familiarity with EMIS.
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
Woolpit Health Centre
Address
Heath Road
Woolpit
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP30 9QU
