Nursing Associate

We are looking for a Band 4 Community Nurse Associate to work within the St Ives Neighbourhood Team supporting patients with clinical health needs.

This role will enable you to develop and enhance your clinical community skills to include wound management, discharge support, diabetes management, catheter management and those living with long-term conditions at home.

The post holder will provide quality evidence based nursing advice, support and care for service users with physical health needs and to their carers within a multidisciplinary setting. They will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in line with the agreed NMC standards specific to the role, and will have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation which govern current service provision.

The post holder will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs of junior unregistered staff, and ensure that issues of equality, diversity and rights are dealt with in accordance with good practice and legislation. They will ensure that effective communication pathways exist, and that they act within their sphere of responsibility.

Working as a member of the District Nursing Community Team undertaking delegated duties in order to meet the needs of the needs of the service users. You will be trained and supervised by registered professionals and will be expected to follow a plan of care based on the specific needs of the service users.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our service providing care in patient’s own homes.

CPFT provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement.

**We are ideally looking for people who have**:

- Experience of community nursing, palliative care, care of patients with diabetes
- Educated to Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register
- Experience in falls prevention work or willing to gain skill
- Experience of caring for and supporting adults and older people
- Experience of assessing patients and formulating care plans independently and where appropriate, with support from RNs in the team.
- The ability to demonstrate a commitment to high quality service provision
- The ability to work flexibly and as part of a team, as well as individually
- The ability to travel independently using own vehicle
- Computer skills including use of Health Electronic Patient records e.g. Systm1, EPIC, EMIS
- Good time management and the ability to manage individual workload
- Enhanced communication and inter personal skills

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the evidence-based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group ensuring it meets Trust timescales in line with agreed NMC standards.
2. To participate in the setting of quality standards, including the monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
3. To ensure the post holder understands and meets their professional role and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach
4. To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 2007 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
5. To promote carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
6. To encourage recovery, discovery and independence, taking into account risk assessment and management.
7. To establish therapeutic relationships with service users and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
8. To demonstrate care and compassion in your work.
9. To ensure that they contribute and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives.
10. To facilitate a high standard of care through written care plans for the clients once validated by senior staff.
11. To be competent in the specific nursing skills required of the role as agreed by the NMC standards for Nursing Associates and agreed within local policy.
12. To administer all medications w