Assistant Practitioner in Nursing

Are you an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate looking for a new challenge ? would you like the opportunity to work in the Community Services within NLaG? We have an opportunity for enthusiastic Band 4 Assistant Practitioner's or Nursing Associates to work within the District Nursing teams across North Lincs.

This post will predominantly be worked in East network.

District Nursing teams form part of the Integrated Health and Social Care Teams based within North Lincolnshire Community Services, and although based in one Network it will be expected you will work from any community base if required.

These roles will be within the Nursing Networks (East, West and South) working alongside District Nurses, registered Community Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Phlebotomists.

You must be flexible, caring, and professional and have the ability to remain calm under pressure.

Community Band 4 Nurses are an integral part of the District Nursing team providing quality nursing care to patients in the community.
Duties will include unsupervised delegated nursing duties as defined by the caseload holder, and to be an effective member of the network, developing and maintaining effective channels of communication with other professionals and agencies.

The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be proficient and competent and work within their scope of practice as governed by the NMC Code (2018) and NMC Standards of Proficiency (2018).

The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will provide holistic and person centred care and support for people in their care.

The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner may be expected to participate in audits and service improvement initiatives. The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be expected to supervise and support HCAs, Trainee Nursing Associates and Pre-registration nurses.

It is anticipated that this role will continue to develop through the acquisition of further skills based on NMC (2018) guidelines and development of the Nursing Associate role.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Being an accountable professional

Act in the best interests of the people at all times in a manner which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity and confidentiality

Communication and relationship skills

Communicate effectively using a range of skills and strategies with colleagues and people at all stages of life and with a range of mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health challenges

Knowledge, training and experience

Utilise professional knowledge to plan and implement care interventions for patients, working with the registered nurse, including reassessment of nursing interventions

Analytical and Judgement skills

Monitor patients’ health and well-being. Interpret, promptly respond, shares finding, and escalate as needed, informing appropriate professional of any changes to the patient’s condition

Planning and organisational skills
- Manage and prioritise own workload
- Plan and provide appropriate direct patient care within own scope of practice
- Assist the ward manager in the implementation of corporate and nursing objectives

Physical skills

Develop a range of core clinical skills which include a range of nursing duties to ensure the patient safety and wellbeing at all times, as described within the NMC Nursing Associate standards of proficiency

Responsibilities for policy and service development implementation
- Follow Trust policy and procedures
- Adhere to the NMC professional code of conduct and standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates
- Assist in the efficient and effective use of financial and physical resources
- Ensure that appropriate supplies are available to support the delivery of care
- Responsible for ensuring equipment within the working environment is maintained and in working order and report faults with equipment, and ensuring repairs are undertaken
- Follow trust policies when handing and processing patient valuables

Responsibilities for human resources
- Supervise non-registered staff, nursing students and health care apprentices, supporting them to acquire specialist skills in pa