Nursing Associate

The District Nursing Service provides safe, personal and effective care to patients in their own homes across Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and Ribblesdale. The core hours are from 07:30- 22:00 worked on a rota basis, including weekends and bank holidays with a dedicated Night Nursing team providing care overnight.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the Community Nursing team as a Registered Nursing Associate or an Assistant Practitioner in the Ribblesdale DN Team. The successful applicant will form an essential part of the team, working under the direction of the Registered Nurse to provide responsive and timely care to patients. You will be supported by a competency framework, Role Specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), receive a comprehensive induction to community working and your professional development will be reviewed annually. This is a great time to be working in the community with the NHS 10 year plan supporting keeping people in their own homes and asking services to work differently to support this vision. If you want to be part of this new model of working and are a RNA, or have the AP foundation degree, we can offer you a well supported, interesting and progressive career in District Nursing. Please note, if you are an AP, you are required to have completed a Medicines Management module as part of your studies as this is an integral part of the role.

Please note that whilst our staff are based with individual District Nursing teams, you may be required to work across the East Lancashire footprint to ensure safe staffing levels on occasions. It is essential that you are a car driver and have access to a vehicle for work purposes with business insurance.

**General duties includes**:

- Administration of injectable medicines including Insulin therapy, Vitamin B12 and soon to include low molecular weight heparin.
- Risk assessments including MUST, Waterlow, FRAT
- Catheterisation: Male, female and suprapubic
- Continence assessments
- Wound care including Doppler re-assessments
- Palliative Care
- Disposal of drugs within the home setting
- Venepuncture
- Routine clinical observations
- Participation in team safety huddles and meetings
- Contribution to audits
- Opportunities for taking on Link Nurse/champion roles to support your team.
- Mentorship and support for junior and undergraduate staff
- IT systems and process including EMIS electronic patient record

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

**Please Note**: new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.