Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mixture of LD and weekend shifts. Potential for some night shift as the 3rd Registered staff member)
- Job ref
- 388-7035550-NMC
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Simpson Ward, Torbay hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate - Simpson Ward
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
#CaretojoinusTSDFT as a Permanent Band 4 Nursing Associate?
An exciting job role has become available on Simpson Ward for a band 4 Nursing Associate role.
Our Nursing Associate will primarily support the nursing and medical teams to treat patients with long-term conditions and complex health and social care needs including patients with dementia. You will also support the team in the facilitation of early discharge from hospital where appropriate.
You will demonstrate a range of clinical skills and competencies along with excellent communication skills providing advice and information to patients and relatives with the aim of enabling maximum independence and optimum quality of life.
As part of this role you will work as part of a team, delivering health and social care that focuses on the holistic needs of the patients on the ward.
Main duties of the job
- You will primarily support the community nurse team in delivering care to clients with long-term conditions and complex health and social care needs across the community nursing and Intermediate Care Service.
- You will also support the team in the facilitation of early discharge from hospital where appropriate.
- Will demonstrate a range of clinical skills and competencies along with excellent communication skills providing advice and information to clients and carers with the aim of maintaining them in their own homes enabling maximum independence and optimum quality of life.
Working for our organisation
We are a supportive and friendly team where you will have the opportunity to build upon and develop your existing clinical skills. This post requires you to be a team player but confident to work autonomously as required.
Our working hours are 07:30-20:00 or night duties 19:30-08:00 with various shift patterns and weekend working on a rota basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Communicate effectively with colleagues across the MDT, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions
- Contribute to ongoing patient assessment under delegation from a Registered Nurse, recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment
- Identify risks to safety or experience and take appropriate action, putting the best interests, needs and preferences of people first
- To contribute to the safety and quality agenda including research, audit and service evaluation
- To use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively
Please see our attached job description and person specification form for full details.
#caretojoinus
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree (FdSc in Healthcare Practice (Nursing Associate)
- Trust induction training
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a acute setting
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Understand and demonstrate evidence-based practice
- Understanding of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Intermediate IT skills
- Understand and demonstrate the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently with a delegated caseload, use initiative whilst understanding limits of scope
- Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to support the development of less experienced staff
Requirements due to work environment/conditions
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
- Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Participate in self appraisal and performance reviews
- Acts as an excellent role model by upholding and implementing good practice in the workplace
- Commits to maintaining personal development and meeting requirements of revalidation
- Meets requirements of all Nursing & Midwifery standards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Ashleigh Bartlett
- Job title
- Ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 656932
- Additional information
Alternatively, please contact Sister Katie Penford or Sister Lucy on 01803 655545
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