Nursing Associate

APPLICANTS MUST HOLD THE NURSING ASSOCIATE QUALIFICATION OR BE DUE TO QUALIFY WITHIN 6 MONTHS.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, committed and motivatedRegistered Nursing Associatesto join our excellent nursing team at Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath or Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

This is an outstanding opportunity if you are looking for a new challenge and would like to continue your professional development journey.

You will be working with a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team, providing patient centered and evidence based care. You will be accountable for your own practice while supporting the registered nurse by caring for patients and delivering high standards of care.

To succeed, you’ll need to be committed to delivering high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development.

For newly qualified Nursing Associates the trust has a robust preceptorship programme and you will receive excellent opportunities for development. Along the way, you will be supported by the in-house Practice Development Nurse or a named mentor who will oversee your training needs, supported by the wider divisional education team.
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate care under the direction of a Registered Nurse with a focus on promoting health and independence.
- Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS values.
- Work as part of a designated clinical and care team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual.
- Carry out specific delegated clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse.
- Take responsibility for developing your own clinical competence, leadership, and reflective practice skills within the workplace.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

**Improving lives**: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forward and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

**Build a career with us**: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
- Carry out programmes of care, therapy, or treatment determined by registered healthcare practitioners. This may entail making minor modifications to the care program or package within prescribed parameters and reporting back on progress. It may also include supervision of individual or group therapy sessions within an overall programme of care and treatment of therapy.
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate care under the direction of a Registered Nurse (or another registered care professional depending on the setting) with a focus on promoting health and independence
- Carry out specific delegated clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse or other registered care professionals dependent on setting.
- Document nursing care in a comprehensive, timely, logical, accurate, clear, and concise manner using appropriate terminologies (counter-signed by a registered practitioner, as appropriate).
- Assist in the safe admission, transfer, and discharge of patients in accordance with Trust policies.
- May supervise clinical support workers (eg. Health Care Assistants, Trainee Assistant Practitioners, Trainee Nursing Associates and 1st, 2ndyr student nurses) in their own area; may assist in assessment and learning/development of clinical support workers
- Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS Values.
- Take responsibility for developing your own clinical competence, leadership, and reflective practice skills within the workplace