Job summary
- Main area
- Nurses Associate
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed Term cover for Staff on Training)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-NORTH-6780100
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Barnet Health Centre
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 Per annum, inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate
Band 4
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
At Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, we believe in excellent care at the heart of the community. We encourage and expect all staff to actively promote and adhere to the Trust’s values in every aspect of their work.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 4 Nursing Associate to join our Barnet Integrated Community Service by providing a high quality service to our housebound patients by facilitating earlier hospital discharges and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
Our District Nursing teams work closely with specialist nurses and Drs, GPs, Therapists and Social Work teams in providing and facilitating collaborative support and care to patients and their families and in preventing avoidable hospital admissions.
The community Nursing Associate role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering clinical interventions under the supervision and guidance of qualified staff to patients living in their own homes.
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are committed to delivering high quality care, are able to work on their own initiative and can demonstrate excellent communication skills with a “can do” attitude.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 4 Nursing Associate, you will be responsible for providing a safe, personalised and effective care to patients who require community nursing care by working alongside the community nursing team to deliver clinical and administrative duties.
Your main duties will include
- Providing a number of clinical activities and holistic care under the direct delegation of a registered nurse and carers using a wide range of clinical skills and interventions within a home environment.
- You will need to possess excellent communication skills and a team player and be able to adapt to the changing work patterns of the night service by remaining calm under pressure.
- You will also need to have good IT skills to support the systems in place.
- The Integrated Community Nursing Services has a key focus on facilitating discharges, case management and reducing admission to hospital.
- The service works closely with Acute Hospitals, Hospice, including GPs.
- The service provides care to patients in the community setting. you will be well supported by our current team and provision is also made for your continued professional development.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be responsible for providing the appropriate nursing evidence based care for an allocated group of patients.
- Be an accountable professional who is responsible for their actions, working in line with NMC standards of proficiency
- Recognise and work within the limits of their competency
- To work as part of a multidisciplinary team using resources efficiently.
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice
- GCSEs Grade 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent
- Care Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working within a health / care setting in the field of area applied for
- Relevant experience of working self-directed or as part of a team.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Code.
- Post holder should have a valid NMC PIN NUMBER
- Relevant clinical skills in the area of work
- disciplinary team.
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice when needed
- Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to an appropriate registered health or care professional
- Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- IT awareness and ability to use NHS systems
- Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting
Key Attribute
Essential criteria
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maria Divina Tan
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084926413
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