Nursing Associate

**Nursing Associate**:
**Band 4**:
**Main area**
- Nursing Associate
- **Grade**
- Band 4
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time
- Part time

37.5 hours per week (Working hours may in future include some weekends and bank holidays.)
- **Job ref**
- 201-23-091**Site**
- Hayle Community Centre
- **Town**
- Hayle
- **Salary**
- £23,949 - £26,282 per annum/pro rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59
- **Interview date**
- 16/02/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
Interview Date
- Thursday 16th February 2023.

Are you passionate about providing high quality patient care and would like to be part of the Hayle District Nursing team who cover the Hayle, Marazion and St Ives areas.

You should possess commitment to team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will need to be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for community nursing as well as a desire for on-going professional development.

You should also have an understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community with the ability to travel independently across the area to fulfil the requirements being essential.

**Main duties of the job**:
As a nursing associate you will work with the Registered Community Nurses and other members of the multi-professional team, providing and monitoring care and contributing to the ongoing assessment, as agreed with supervising clinician(s) and in line with the service pathways.

Duties will include:

- Carrying out specific clinical care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, delivering effective care following treatment plans determined by the Registered Nurse or registered care professional.
- Perform record and interpret clinical observations in order to identify signs of improvement, deterioration or areas of concern.
- Perform, understand and report patient risk assessments, for example, nutritional, falls, pressure ulcer assessments.
- Report back and share information with the Community Nursing Team on the condition, behaviour, activity and responses of individuals.
- Communicating effectively with dignity and respect to all patients, relatives and others giving consideration to potential barriers to understanding.
- Communicating effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for care.
- Recognising and reporting any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes.
- Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records are made to maintain professional standards of record keeping in line with Trust policies.

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall