Student Nursing Associate

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a cohort an enthusiastic and self-motivated Student Nurse Associate apprentices within multiple areas at Warwick Hospital and surrounding community bases.

This role is a trainee post, you will be working towards the Level 5 Nursing Associate Apprenticeship, for entry requirements please see the document attached named SNA learning plan.

This is a developmental role. The trainee will work towards progression into the post of Nursing Associate through successful completion of the Nursing Associate training programme which includes the attainment of a level 5 Foundation Degree equivalent qualification. They will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of Nursing Associate within the service and through completion of the Nursing Associate training programme which includes working in care settings and delivery of person-centred care.

The Nursing Associate training programme combines and integrates both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. A trainee Nursing Associate will be based, as an employee, in a particular organisation, in a specific setting, but will experience working in alternative settings in order that they gain a wide appreciation of many health and care contexts and are able to fulfil all the requirements of the programme.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

See person specification for qualifications/equivalent experience.

Develop knowledge of the scope of practice of the Nursing Associate role within different care settings.

Develop and improve practical and theoretical knowledge, competence and skills throughout the Nursing Associate Training Programme and maintain all evidence required.

Contribute towards developing a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments.

Clinical Responsibilities - Individual’s Care

The following list is indicative as tasks and responsibilities will vary depending on the care setting the trainee Nursing Associate is working in. The content will be reviewed in the light of the evaluation of the Nursing Associate pilot programme:
Develop understanding of all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the registered nurse in the on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care.

Support individuals with all aspects of care including daily living, providing person-centred care and promoting health and independence through awareness raising and care navigation to other professionals as appropriate.

Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, pulse.

Undertake clinical tasks including cannulation, venepuncture, ECGs.

Accurately record nutritional and fluid intake.

Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the Registered Nurse or other registered care professionals as appropriate.

Report back and share information with the registered nurses on the condition, behaviour, activity and responses of individuals.

Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.

Assist in the assessment of and contribute to the management of risk across several areas within the environment where care is being administered.

Assist in the implementation of appropriate action to meet the specific physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.

Assist in the delivery of complex care as prescribed by the registered nurse.

Develop understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions for example dementia, mental illness, learning disabilities.

Develop skills in relation to coaching/teaching individuals/carers/other staff.

Assist