Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse Associate
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- There is a permanent full time vacancy and a FTC for 12 months to cover maternity leave
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- Nurse Associate
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ludlow Community Hospital
- Town
- Ludlow
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Associate - Ludlow Community Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 4
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
We are recruiting to a Nurse Associate at Ludlow Community Hospital.
This role is to provide holistic and person centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. You will work independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working to their nationally recognised code of conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates.
Main duties of the job
To communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and to manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.
To contribute to the establishment of an ethos of modern, customer orientated services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user centred delivery meeting the individual needs of patients and their carer’s.
To ensure that care provided is effective through careful assessment of patients’ condition and circumstances, appropriate planning and delivery of care and regular evaluation of achievement of care objectives, escalating patient care concerns, and working under the leadership of registered nurses at all times
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Educated to level 5 Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation degree in nursing associate practice / Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working as an Nurse Associate within the NHS or other care setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- IT skills appropriate to the role
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- 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
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
- Emma Byrne
- Job title
- Deputy Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01584 872201
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