Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing Associate
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-24-5162-C
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 Per annum, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join our Outpatients team. We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join a team of dedicated and enthusiastic staff members who strive to deliver care of the highest quality.
The Outpatients department can offer opportunities to learn and develop skills in a wide range of different specialities. The successful candidate will need to have good communication and excellent organisational skills with a flexible approach to working.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and a drive to promote a high standard of care for our patients. This post covers our West Suffolk site as well as Thetford, Haverhill, Newmarket and Sudbury. If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact one of the sisters in the Outpatients department on 01284 713265 for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 – 18:30. This role is eligible to park on site.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the Nursing Associate include:
- Support Consultants and patients in the Outpatient’s clinic.
- To be responsible for setting up and the general running of all clinics, including-
• Plastic dressings clinics
• Support in the ultrasound room in the breast clinic
• Pain Clinic
• Specialist ENT clinics - To support new staff and any learners in the department.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Nursing Associates are responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes of care.
They are expected to give help and support to the Nursing Assistants and to act as a role model using their own initiative and to work independently within the bounds of their existing knowledge and skill.
They need to use effective verbal and written communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team within own department and the wider clinical area and to engage in effective communication with patients, relatives and visitors.
They are responsible for delivering high standards of patient care based on evidence-based practice and have a professional duty to update and develop their professional practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and registered with the NMC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
- Evidence of continuous Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an outpatient environment.
- Experience using hospital IT Systems e.g. E-Care and evolve.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with a range of different people, including service users, carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to work with a degree of autonomy, to manage, prioritise and organise own workload.
- Supports patient and staff equality and diversity.
- Understanding of Risk Management and Health and Safety issues, including Moving and handling
- Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service.
- Ability to travel to other satellite sites.
- Understands the importance of patient confidentiality and Data Protection.
- Ability to show empathy and compassion to patients and their relatives
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
- Belinda Holdway
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713265
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