Senior Nursing Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
County Outpatients has a vacancy for a dynamic, kind reliable and motivated individual to become part of a team that delivers high standards of quality care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
- Describe and document clinical tasks undertaken for patients within nursing documentation. Any changes in condition must be reported to a Registered Nurse/Midwife.
- Provide basic clinical advice to patients.
- Deliver clinical care to patients maintaining privacy and dignity
- Undertake a limited number of clinical skills for which competence has been achieved in agreement with the ward manager.
- Report to Registered Nurse any patient who gives cause for concern or any observed changes in the patient's condition.
- Obtain and record urine, stool and sputum specimens and perform urinalysis.
- Respond correctly to clinical emergencies to ensure the patient receives appropriate care.
- Chaperone/escort patients to other clinical departments under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
- Assist patients who are distressed and provide support for the family and/or friends.
- Undertake blood glucose monitoring
- Undertake ECG's
- Obtaining blood samples (Venepuncture) when required.
- Limb observation post vascular surgery.
- Assess for pressure damage
- Perform bladder scans.
- Undertake simple and advanced dressings under direct supervision of a registered Nurse
- Remove clips, and staples using aseptic technique.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ2 Health and Social Care
Experience in a care setting
Essential
- Recent
Desirable
- previous
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstration of a willingness to learn and develop.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
County outpatients
Weston road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
