Nurse Associate

Job summary
Are you a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Nurse Associate looking for your next challenge?

At Sirona care & health, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference to people in your local community every day. Working as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team, you'll help deliver high-quality, person-centred care that enables individuals to remain independent and receive treatment in their own homes wherever possible.

As a Nurse Associate, you will work alongside Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and other healthcare professionals to provide holistic care to patients across the community.

This is a varied and rewarding role that requires excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills. You'll be confident working both independently and as part of a team, managing your workload effectively while responding to the changing needs of patients.

You'll be working on a rota basis between 8am and 8pm, across a 7-day service, contributing to the delivery of responsive and compassionate care.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role as you will be travelling between patient locations within the community.

Join Sirona care & health and be part of a team that is making a real difference to the lives of people across our communities every day.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake appropriate delegated initial holistic assessments and implement programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell
• Assess and monitor service users' health needs, assessing patient condition and well-being
• Use clinical reasoning skills, within the designated competency framework, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, patient- centred intervention programmes
• Collaborate with service users, carers and family in identifying appropriate and achievable goals
• Contribute to the facilitation of appropriate referrals to other services
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team, to provide integrated skills and share knowledge
• Assess and arrange the provision of equipment
• Take every opportunity to support and educate service users and their carers to promote independence, good health and personal safety
• Provide and maintain a safe and comfortable environment for all patients and carers
• Support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to other learners such as Nursing Associate trainees, first year student nurses and health care support workers as required
• Maintain accurate, informative and legal records of all interventions in accordance with policy
• Actively participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery of training
• Take responsibility for your own delegated objectives, training, proficiencies and competence, as outlined by the NMC code of conduct
• Support delivery of vaccination campaigns

About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining before your expiry date. Please disclose the date in your application.

Qualifications
Essential

• Higher Apprenticeship in Health level 5 or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care
• Current NMC registration

Desirable

• Willing to undertake any training relevant to the role

Skills, knowledge and experience
Essential

• Experience of working in a health or social care setting providing direct patient care
• Ability to conduct clinical tasks within the Nursing Associate scope of practice to a high level of competence
• Ability to manipulate fine tools e.g. for venepuncture or other clinical tasks
• Clear understanding of NMC standards of proficiencies and professional standards of practice including revalidation
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal
• Range of IT skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).