Associate Nurse / Assistant Practitioner
Scunthorpe DN15
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Nurse / Assistant Practitioner to join an established team within the intermediate care setting for a 12 month contract to cover maternity leave.
This is a multi-disciplinary team working closely with nursing and therapy staff to provide care and support for patients following discharge from hospital or other settings. The team provides input to local residential homes, step-down/up facilities and short term rehabilitation bedded unit at Sir John Mason House. The post involves working in the community setting throughout Northern Lincolnshire.
Valid UK license and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will support the nursing workforce to provide safe effective care; ensuring evidence based care for patients under the indirect supervision and leadership of a registered nurse (RN).
The Nursing Associate will be proficient and competent and work within their scope of practice as governed by the NMC Code (2018) and NMC Standards of Proficiency (2018).
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will provide holistic and person centred care and support for people in their care.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner may be expected to participate in audits and service improvement initiatives.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be expected to supervise and support HCAs, Trainee Nursing Associates and Pre-registration nurses.
It is anticipated that this role will continue to develop through the acquisition of further skills based on NMC (2018) guidelines and development of the Nursing Associate role.
We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
The Associate Nurse/Assistant Practitioner is a member of a multidisciplinary Departmental team who undertakes duties in relation to patient care and administration, to support the 5 principles of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy which reflect the organisations commitment to quality and the expectations of high quality nursing care in the intermediate care setting.
Delegated work and duties will be assigned and carried out under the direct and indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse as appropriate, in accordance with the Trust Clinical Competencies. Where additional skills training is identified as required in the job description, the post holder will not undertake those duties until training has been undertaken (except as part of the supervised learning experience).
Essential
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
This is a multi-disciplinary team working closely with nursing and therapy staff to provide care and support for patients following discharge from hospital or other settings. The team provides input to local residential homes, step-down/up facilities and short term rehabilitation bedded unit at Sir John Mason House. The post involves working in the community setting throughout Northern Lincolnshire.
Valid UK license and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will support the nursing workforce to provide safe effective care; ensuring evidence based care for patients under the indirect supervision and leadership of a registered nurse (RN).
The Nursing Associate will be proficient and competent and work within their scope of practice as governed by the NMC Code (2018) and NMC Standards of Proficiency (2018).
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will provide holistic and person centred care and support for people in their care.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner may be expected to participate in audits and service improvement initiatives.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be expected to supervise and support HCAs, Trainee Nursing Associates and Pre-registration nurses.
It is anticipated that this role will continue to develop through the acquisition of further skills based on NMC (2018) guidelines and development of the Nursing Associate role.
We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
The Associate Nurse/Assistant Practitioner is a member of a multidisciplinary Departmental team who undertakes duties in relation to patient care and administration, to support the 5 principles of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy which reflect the organisations commitment to quality and the expectations of high quality nursing care in the intermediate care setting.
Delegated work and duties will be assigned and carried out under the direct and indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse as appropriate, in accordance with the Trust Clinical Competencies. Where additional skills training is identified as required in the job description, the post holder will not undertake those duties until training has been undertaken (except as part of the supervised learning experience).
Essential
- Level 5 Foundation Degree Nursing Associate or equivalent
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- 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
- QCF in Care / Health and Social Care Level 2/3 or equivalent experience
- Recent clinical experience in an a relevant clinical setting
- Experience of using IT based patient systems within NLaG
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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