Nursing Associate

Key responsibilities of this role include

• o Providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing care for an allocated group of patients.
• Acting as an accountable nursing professional, practising in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency.
• Recognising and working within the scope of your competence, seeking support and guidance when required.
• Working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver effective, patient-centred care and make efficient use of resources.
• Contributing to the delivery of safe, high-quality care while supporting the wider nursing team.
• Undertaking a range of clinical procedures and interventions appropriate to the role.

In your application, please demonstrate

• o Your clinical skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Your ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to learning, development, and delivering high-quality patient care.

Essential

• Registered Nursing Associate with current UK NMC registration
• Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice
• GCSEs Grade 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent
• Care Certificate

Essential

• Previous experience of working within a health / care setting in the field of area applied for
• Relevant experience of working self-directed or as part of a team.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Essential

• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Code
• Relevant clinical skills in the area of work
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal, non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice when needed
• Ability to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
• Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to an appropriate registered health or care professiona
• Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• IT awareness and ability to use NHS systems
• Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.

Essential

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) (dependent on borough)