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Job summary

Main area
Respiratory
Grade
4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
357-LN-430-24
Employer
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln County Hospital
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

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Nursing Associate - Pleural - Band 4

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We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has become available for a Nursing Associate to join the existing Pleural Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team.

 

We are looking for a practitioner who is dynamic and self-motivated who can work under direction and supervision but who also shows initiative. This new role is to support the delivery of the pleural service to improve patient care. You will be working alongside the existing Pleural ACPs, trainee Pleural ACPs, nursing and Respiratory Medicine doctors, predominantly at Lincoln County Hospital with some future developments to cover intermittently at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.

Main duties of the job

The role will include duties such as:

  • Assisting with procedures
  • Performing pre- and post-procedure patient care
  • Pre- and post-procedure equipment preparation
  • Management of pleural samples including labelling and transporting samples
  • Equipment management including restocking, stock management, equipment ordering, paperwork
  • Preparing patients for thoracoscopy
  • Assisting with referrals
  • Assisting with patient movement pre- / post-procedure
  • Making phone calls to patients for procedure preparation

Working for our organisation

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

 Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
  • • Nursing Associate Foundation Degree or equivalent
  • • GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 or equivalent

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team
  • • Insight on how to evaluate own strengths and development needs seeking advice where appropriate
  • • Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with respiratory patients or patient with cancer

Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • • Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
  • • Understanding of the scope of the role of the nursing associate in the context of the nursing and broader healthcare team.
  • • Awareness of how the role can contribute to service development
  • • Understands and acts in accordance with the NMC professional standards for practice defined within the code
  • • Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert advice and help
  • • Understands the importance of following procedures and treatment plans as defined by the Registered Healthcare Professional
  • • Ability to evidence and demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework; Patient Centred; Safety; Compassion; Respect and Excellence
  • • Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision
  • • Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation
  • • Ability to organise and plan own delegated workload
  • • Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
  • • Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and non-verbal) with team, patients and their family/carers
  • • Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families and carers/ colleagues
  • • Awareness of the need for confidentiality
  • • Ability to support, assess and act as a role model for trainee nursing associates, other learners and healthcare support workers as required within the clinical setting
  • • Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
Desirable criteria
  • • Competency in cannulation
  • • Competency in venepuncture

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cathy Coupland
Job title
Pleural ACP
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07464901130
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