Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing Associate
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Applicants will be required to work night duty
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6458917
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet hospital
- Town
- barnet
- Salary
- £29,460 - £31,909 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 4 Nursing Associate
Band 4
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the ED. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, team work, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and initiative are paramount.
You will embrace the challenge of working as a Nursing Associate in a highly diverse environment, you will be registered with the NMC and have experience of working in an acute hospital environment.
As a nursing associate in the Emergency Department you will be need to be flexible and able to adapt to meet the needs of the department day to day. This includes assisting with basic nursing care through to caring for your own caseload of patients.
You will need to have experience of working in an acute hospital environment as well as a Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner qualification at level 4. Experience of working with patients acutely unwell would be an advantage
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team in the Emergency Department at Barnet Hospital.
We can offer you a diverse working environment whilst allowing you to develop your Clinical skills, knowledge and expertise giving you the opportunity to gain advanced specialised skills to care for patients with complex needs.
You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the ED. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, team work, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and initiative are paramount.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Maintain professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, in line with World Class Care
- To prioritise and manage own
- To monitor the condition and health needs of patients within their care on a continual basis in partnership with patients, families and
- To contribute to ongoing assessment, recognising when it is necessary to escalate to others for
- To communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for
- Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care
- To undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with Trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management
- the nursing associate is able to safely demonstrate and maintain competence of the following procedures:
- use manual techniques and devices to take, record and interpret vital signs including temperature, pulse, respiration, pulse oximetry, blood pressure monitoring
- safe administration of medicines via oral, topical and inhalation routes
- safe administration of injections using subcutaneous and intramuscular routes
- adminstration of medicines via the enteral route
- administer enemas and suppositories
- undertake routine venepuncuture, phlebotomy and ECGs
- measure and interpret blood glucose and Ketone levels
- monitoring accurate intake and output charts (fluid balance
- wound care
- wound closure using simple techniques such as glue and steristrips
- plastering and applying immobilisation equipment
- best practice infection control
- continence assessment
- diabetes care
- chronic disease management
- pressure area care
- bowel care
- palliative care
- male and female catheterisation
- pain assessment
- documentation
- To establish effective working relations with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient
- To supervise unqualified staff, to ensure that they have the knowledge, skills and resources to carry out delegated aspects .
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Experience of working in an acute hospital
Desirable criteria
- experience of working in an Emergency department
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to organize and prioritise own delegated workload
- Able to undertake the clinical skills outlined in the Job description
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/ relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates, nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Luke Brown
- Job title
- ED Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082164325
- Additional information
for informal visits and more information please contact Luke Brown
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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