Nursing Associate

We are seeking a part time (26.25 hours) Nursing Associate at Wake Green Surgery, based within the Moseley, Billesley & Yardley Wood Primary Care Network (MOBY PCN).

This is an exciting opportunity to join our existing team.

The post holder is a Nursing Associate registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. They are required to act within their professional boundaries, supporting and working alongside a multi-disciplinary team within general practice and a Primary Care Network (PCN).

The post holder will contribute to providing nursing care to patients registered in the GP practice, which sits within MOBY PCN.

The salary on offer for this role is £19,335 for 26.25 hours (£27,621 WTE)

**Main duties of the job**

The position of Primary Care Network Nursing Associate has an essential role in improving the healthcare we provide to our patients.

The post holder will focus on assuming a lead role in specified areas, e.g., vocational and employment advice to patients, activities coordination, assisting in individual and therapeutic group work. Work with the qualified nurses to deliver individual treatment packages with an emphasis on collaborative care that focuses on recovery and the need to work towards discharge where appropriate. The post holder will work with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) to both organise and facilitate care appropriate to the individual needs of the patient.

**About us**

Our Health Partnership was set up by local GPs who are passionate about providing high quality primary care and using their time and skills effectively to benefit patients..

We are currently a GP partnership of 30 practices with 38 surgeries, serving around 280,000 patients in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Shropshire.

The partnership offers a shared administrative and management structure, cutting down the time doctors have to spend on admin. It opens up economies of scale to get best value from budgets. It has the resources to develop innovative services and effective partnerships with local hospitals and care services. And it can access new funding streams that are only available to large GP organisations.

**Job description**

The Nursing Associate will work under the supervision of the Practice Nursing Team within the practice.

The Nursing Associate will work within the community to support the everyday running of the practice/PCN. Nursing Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours to support general practice. The Nursing Associate will assist with the delivery of health promotion, phlebotomy, chronic disease management, immunisation and vaccinations and other clinical roles in line with their training and level of experience.

The Nursing Associate will have a key role in supporting delivery of the new Network Contract DES Service specifications.

The actual duties of the post holder will be negotiated with the practice/PCN depending on the practices needs, contractual obligations and the Nursing Associates knowledge, expertise and experience

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications**

Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent

**Knowledge & Expertise**

Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- 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
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans

**Skills**

Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to deal with non
- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.

**Experience**

Essential
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**

**UK Registration**

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