Nursing Associate/ Assistant Practitioner

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
Heywood Middleton & Rochdale is a dynamic and forward thinking Borough and we are seeking to recruit a full time band 4 Bladder & Bowel nursing associate/ assistant practitioner to join our Integrated Neighborhood Teams Directorate

**Main duties of the job**:
Communicate effectively with dignity and respect to all patients, relatives and others giving consideration to potential barriers to understanding. Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for care. deliver a high standard of nursing care contributing to the ongoing assessment Prioritise and manage own workload

Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients in a range of care settings. Direct patient care, monitor the condition and health needs of patients within their care on a continual basis in partnership with patients, families and carers, ensuring appropriate escalation to a registered nurse when required.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently within a variety of community environments will be crucial to the success of this role.

In addition the post holder will have opportunity to contribute to the ongoing transformation and on-going development of our Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.

**Working for our organisation**:
Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Rochdale puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart. Rochdale Infirmary, and the adult and children’s community services across Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, consists of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors. A place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Essential Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- GCSE Maths/English grade C or above or functional Maths and English

**Knowledge & Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans

**Desirable criteria**:

- Undertake a range of diagnostic investigations and procedures relevant to area of work within defined Trust protocols, e.g. bladder scans, urinalysis
- To be responsible for continence product reviews of routine cases for patients in their own homes, nursing and residential care settings, reporting appropriate issues to the continence clinician
- knowledge of continence products available in line with evidence based practice advising patients and carers as appropriate

**Skills and Abilities**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication)
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Have effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately,
- Compassionate and caring
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

**Employer certification / accreditation badges**:
**Applicant requirements**:

- You must have appropriate UK professional registration.