Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: part time/job share considered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 425-24-6857677
- Employer
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and highly dynamic qualified Nursing Associate to join our allergy nursing team.
You will be expected to work in tandem with the allergy nurse specialists as well as being part of a multidisciplinary team supporting allergy clinics, providing high levels of holistic allergy care and education to the child / young person/family with diseases across the atopic spectrum.
You will develop & learn new skills, for example skin prick testing and other skills essential to the role. You will become confident to work within day care environment performing food and drug challenges.
This is a full-time post, part time/job share would be considered. The Allergy team provide a Monday to Friday service and the days worked will be negotiated and flexible to meet the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Nursing Associate is to work collaboratively with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurse to assess, plan, organise and deliver clinical care and Education in line with service and patient needs, as agreed with supervising clinicians.
You will work independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing care and within all aspects of the nursing process.
You will act professionally at all times and use your knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions to solve challenges and problems.
You recognise and work within the limits of your competencies and are responsible and accountable for your actions.
You will have some responsibility for supervising learners i.e. new starters and students during their placements once their preceptorship is completed, and they have completed any additional training required for their area.
You will be expected to actively contribute to quality assurance processes and service development.
Working for our organisation
At Sheffield Children’s, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
- Outstanding Patient Care
- Brilliant Place to work
- Leaders in Children’s Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children’s health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at [email protected]
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Willing to complete competencies related to paediatric speciality of role such as Asthma Diploma, Spirometry
- Training Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
- Current registration with NMC
Desirable criteria
- Supervisor training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a team
- Ability to demonstrate a commitment to professional development. Ability
- Understanding of the principles of Audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience in paediatric respiratory speciality
- Supervisor experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective interpersonal skills IT skills & use of Microsoft systems, i.e. word, excel,
- Accountability and Own limitations
- Health & Safety Safe Practices e.g. Moving &Handling, Sharps, COSHH
- Principles of Infection Control
- Principles of Safeguarding of children and young people
- Effective verbal, electronic and written communication skills
- Ability to respect the cultural diversity within society.
- Able to use own initiative
- Good decision making skills
Desirable criteria
- Extended role skills e.g. venepuncture, ECG
- Understanding of the clinical governance agenda
- Health, Safety and Risk awareness
- Awareness of resource management
- Basic life support training i.e. rise
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Professional Values, attitudes and behaviours Self-Development Family Involvement and holistic care Ability to work flexibly i.e. shift patterns Able to work independently and as part of a Team
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualities
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
- Lynsey Perkins
- Job title
- Specialist Allergy Nurses
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2267872
- Additional information
Can also contact Alyson Barber on same number as above.
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