PCN Nursing Associate

Please see Job Description for full details and overview of the Nursing Associates responsibilities.

The following are the core responsibilities of

the Nursing Associate. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out

other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing

levels, please see Job description for full responsibilities:

Frailty & holistic patient care

Support the Frailty Lead in providing holistic,

person-centred care to patients living with frailty and multiple long-term

conditions.

Undertake delegated assessments and contribute

to holistic assessments of patients physical, psychological and social needs.

Identify changes in a patient's condition and

escalate concerns promptly to the Frailty Lead or appropriate clinician.

Work closely with both our Pharmacy and

Personalised Care teams, ensuring a holistic approach to care

Monitoring vital signs and clinical

observations.

Blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, oxygen

saturations and temperature.

Blood glucose monitoring.

Urinalysis and other point-of-care testing

where appropriate.

Wound assessment and management within

competence.

Catheter care and other delegated nursing

procedures.

Supporting medicines-related care within role

boundaries and local policy.

Supporting continence care.

Identify patients requiring proactive review

and monitoring.

Undertake planned home visits and follow-up

reviews.

Monitor patients following hospital discharge

or periods of acute illness.

Support the management of patients identified

as high risk of deterioration.

Preventing hospital admissions

& supporting admission avoidance

Identifying early signs of deterioration.

Supporting timely clinical intervention and

escalation.

Promoting self-management and preventative

health measures.

Supporting patients and carers to understand

when and how to seek help.

Signposting patients to other services.

Facilitating appropriate community-based

interventions where clinically safe.

Care homes

Supporting routine and proactive clinical

reviews.

Monitoring residents with frailty and long-term

conditions.

Recognising deterioration and escalating

appropriately.

Supporting care home staff with clinical

observations and care planning.

Contributing to personalised care plans.

promotion and prevention

Falls prevention.

Nutrition and hydration.

Continence care.

Physical activity and mobility.

Vaccination and screening awareness.

Smoking cessation and healthy lifestyle advice

where appropriate.

Supporting patients to manage long-term

conditions.

and multidisciplinary working

Establish effective therapeutic relationships

with patients, relatives and carers.

Communicate sensitively with patients who may

have cognitive impairment, dementia, hearing impairment or other communication

needs.

Liaise effectively with professionals across

health and social care.

and information governance

Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and

comprehensive clinical records.

Record all assessments, interventions,

observations and outcomes in accordance with PCN and practice policies.

Use relevant clinical systems effectively.

Work within the Nursing Associate scope of

practice and professional standards.

Maintain registration with the Nursing and

Midwifery Council (NMC).

Maintain competence through continuing

professional development.

Participate in supervision, appraisal and

clinical review.

Recognise personal limitations and seek

appropriate support and advice.

Work within Meridian PCN policies, procedures

and clinical governance arrangements.

Participate in audit, quality improvement and

service development.

continuous improvement.

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are a new way of working that enables health and other services to work together to provide better access for patients.

PCNs build on existing primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care for people close to home. Clinicians describe this as a change from reactively providing appointments to proactively caring for the people and communities they serve.

The Meridian PCN is a collaboration of six GP surgeries across Cambridgeshire and North Hertfordshire; supporting a patient population of +48,000.

We aim to provide high quality services adhering to principles of best practice, promoting equal opportunities and working positively with diversity. We ask our staff to treat patients how they'd want their family members to be treated.

Knowledge & Skills

Desirable: - Knowledge of local health and social care services.; - EMIS / SystmOne knowledge

Personal Qualities

Other requirements

Qualifications

Experience