Nursing Associate

We have an exciting opening for 2 Band 4 Assistant Practitioners to join our Oncology and Haematology Team working across our day case units. This is a rare opportunity to develop skills and competencies around the delivery of chemotherapy and other supportive treatments and to support the patients journey through clinical appointments.

We are looking for an established Band 4 Practitioner who has experience working within Cancer Services or who may be interested in a move to a new speciality.

To provide safe, personal and effective care and support to patients, families and service users. To support the registered nurse, contributing to ongoing assessment and care planning for patients. To monitor the condition and undertake Holistic needs assessments of patients on a continual basis in partnership with colleagues, families and carers, referring to others for reassessment, when required

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated
health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people
of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

**COMMUNICATION**:

- Communicate sensitive information effectively and improve communication using a range of strategies with regard to person centred care,duty of candour,equality and diversity.
- Handle information and data in line with national and local policies and legislation

**PROFESSIONAL**:

- Display a personal commitment to professional standards and ethical practice, operating within national and local ethical, legal and governance requirements
- Act as role model for others acting with probity and personal integrity in all aspects of practice, be truthful and admit to learn from errors.
- Maintain active status on NMC register
- Act always in accordance with the NMC code of conduct and guiding documents

**CARE DELIVERY**:

- Deliver holistic, person-centred nursing care
- Actively engage with individuals, their families and/or carers undertaking Holistic needs assessments and contribute to care planning, by establishing their needs, wishes, preferences and choices and incorporating these into care planning
- Ensure the rights of individuals are upheld and facilitate the resolution of any conflict arising
- Act independently and in partnership with others to: ensure that the rights of individuals are not overlooked or compromised; and resolve conflict in situations where there may be refusal of care by individuals or their families
- Deliver planned interventions/ care under the direction of a Registered Nurse, without direct supervision delivering care independently in line with an agreed and plan of care
- Support healthcare professionals to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care
- Safely administer medication in accordance with local and national guidance
- Undertake triaging of SACT patients the day before treatment checking bloods, clinic annotations using the triage tool on iQemo and liaising with the consultant if any discrepancies to provide a plan.
- Giving the go ahead for treatments if bloods within normal parameters.
- Provide care of PICC lines and removal when required.
- Safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children
- Demonstrate the ability to treat all individuals, carers and colleagues with dignity and respect for their diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preference

TEAM WORK AND LEADERSHIP
- To lead peers and others where appropriate
- Use reflection to improve personal performance
- Work effectively with others in teams and or networks to deliver and improve services
- Work safely and learn from the assessment and evaluation of health and safety related incidents
- Raise health risks for discussion with individuals and undertake brief interventions and assess evidence for effective nursing interventions
- Contribute and support quality improvement and productivity initiatives within the workplace
- Contribute to planning, management and optimisation of resources to improve services and promote equity in access to services

**TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT**:

- Act as a role model in terms of ongoing learning and development, professional knowledge, skills and capabilities
- Promote and actively support, leading where appropriate, training, teaching, learning, supervision and assessment within the workplace
- Contribute to the education and promote of health and wellbeing in individuals, their families and/or carers
- Ensure own personal compliance with Trust mandatory Core Skills Training and essential training related to the clinical area and objectives set at annual appraisals

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