Assistant Practitioner in Nursing

7 months ago


Scunthorpe, United Kingdom NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Foundation Degree in health.Evidence of further study/development

Desirable criteria

Certificate in Higher Education in Effective Practice in Care or equivalent.NVQ Level 3 in a healthcare related areaGCSE grades A+ - C in Maths and English or equivalent.ECDL

Occupational Experience

Essential criteria

At least 2yrs experience in the NHS

Hold a current driving licence

Essential criteria

Driving licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges



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