Nursing Associate

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

As a nursing associate, you will be working within the multi-disciplinary team and neighbourhood team. You will provide high standard of nursing care and interventions within the patient’s own home, with support from the wider team. The patient will be at the centre of the care being provided, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

We provide a service seven days a week, working closely with other community services and PCN's to provide high standard care.

You will have the opportunity to develop yourself, with extensive learning and development opportunities.

**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
- Good time management and the ability to manage individual workload
- Enhanced communication and inter personal skills
- DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

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.

You will be 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.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work.
- To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
- Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.
- To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills.
- To work effectively within the Neighbourhood Team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies.
- To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
- To provide skilled nursing care of a high standard as delegated by the district nursing sister/ charge nurse.
- To support, educate and advise formal and informal carers with the nursing care which they can provide.
- To attend all relevant mandatory training as and when required to do so.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities