Nursing Associate

Nursing Associate - Hillingdon
- Woodland Centre
- Oak Tree Ward

As a Nursing Associate you will work with the multi professional team and a Registered Nurse to assess, plan, organise and deliver clinical care in line with service and patient needs, as agreed with supervising clinicians. You will work independently under the leadership of registered nurses and manage a delegated caseload. You will act professionally at all times and use your knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions to solve challenges and problems. You will recognise and work within the limits of your competencies and are responsible and accountable for your actions. You will have some responsibility for supervising less experienced or qualified staff and students during their placements. You will be expected to actively contribute to quality assurance processes and service development.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

**As a Nurse Associate you are expected to**:
1. Understand and act in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Standards of Proficiency for Nursing
2. Manage a delegated active caseload, working as a member of a skill mixed team, responsible for interacting constructively with team members and organising, prioritising and planning their work.
3. Use a range of assessment tools pertinent to the patients’ needs, to inform the assessment and assess risk for both patients and staff, including the recognition and assessment of patients at risk of abuse, self-harm/and or suicidal ideation and the situations that may put themselves and others at risk. Provide advice and support to patients to enable them to make informed choices in areas such as: diet, smoking and
4. Understand when to seek appropriate advice to manage a risk and avoid compromising quality of care and health outcomes acting in line with local and national organisational frameworks, legislation and regulations to report risks, and implement actions as

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all registered Nursing Associates to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends, family and carers and also other staff members.

As a Nursing Associate we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise the importance of working in partnership with the users of our services and their families, friends and carers.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Working in teams

**As a Nurse Associate you are expected to**:
1. Work as a member of the multi-professional team providing clinical care to patients in settings as supported by the Registered Nurse or Allied Healthcare
2. Work in collaboration with others to ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients with the aim of avoiding
3. 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 Allied Healthcare
4. Where appropriate, work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the individual’s defined plan of care, within designated parameters of practice of the Nursing Associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when
5. Undertake a full variety of shifts including night and weekend
6. Communicate effectively across a wide range of channels and with a wide range of individuals, the public, health and social care professionals, maintaining the focus of communication on delivering and improving health and care services. Information may be complex or sensitive in nature and the post holder may be required to overcome barriers to understanding such as language.
7. Contribute to team success and challenge others
8. Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for
9. Record all care delivered appropriately and in accordance to NMC Improving safety and quality of care
10. Recognise changes in a patients’ condition which require the intervention of others and understand when to refer to the supervising Registered Nurse and other senior colleagues for reassessment of patient
11. Be involved in Trust quality i