Nursing Associate

2 weeks ago


Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Deliver a high standard of nursing care contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care based on evidence and working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team. Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients. Monitor the condition and health needs of patients, ensuring appropriate escalation to a registered nurse when required. Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and well-being. Promote comfort and well-being by ensuring that patients' personal and social needs are met and be able to care for a patient's nursing needs. Undertaking routine procedures including venepuncture, ECG recording, measuring and interpreting blood glucose levels, recording and interpreting vital signs, nutrition, hydration, mood identification. Prioritise and manage own workload, recognising where elements of care can safely be delegated to other colleagues, carers and family members Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records in line with Trust policy and the NMC Code. Provide effective evidence based care for service users under the supervision of registered nurses in order to perform non-complex activities, in line with clinical governance and professional standards. You will support the department in the achievement of all clinical governance requirements and participate in audit review

Main duties of the job

You will embrace the challenge of working in a highly diverse environment, committed to becoming the safest organisation in the NHS. You will be registered with the NMC and have experience of working in a hospital or community environment. As a nursing associate in the heart failure team, you will need to be flexible and able to adapt to meet the needs of the heart failure patients within primary and secondary care.

You will be able to:-

Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills Deliver high standards of personalised, patient centred care Demonstrate a high level of compassion for patients and their relatives

Desirable qualities and skills

Experience in Cardiology nursing is preferred but not essential

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.

We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance. This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language or equivalent Foundation Degree

Desirable

Previous experience

Application form and Interview

Essential

Foundation Degree o GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language OR New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language or Equivalent

Desirable

Previous experience in Cardiology
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