Band 4 Nurse Associate

HCRG Care Group; Ditchampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health provider in Ditchampton is seeking a Registered Nursing Associate to deliver high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes. The position requires a Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and active NMC registration. Responsibilities include implementing care plans and collaborating with healthcare teams to enhance patient support. The role offers competitive NHS benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

AFC Band 4 with NHS Pension

Free tea and coffee

Membership of My Reward Hub

Access to wages as you earn

Online and face-to-face wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a healthcare setting.
• Able to work independently, using own initiative.
• Good understanding of Medicines management and administration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate nursing care to patients.
• Contribute to patient assessments and care plans.
• Establish good therapeutic relationships with individuals.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Flexible team-focused approach

Confident IT skills

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

Active NMC registration

Tools

Driving license

Job description

Overview

As a Registered Nursing Associate, you\'ll play a key role in delivering both planned and responsive nursing care to patients in their own homes. Working under the guidance of a Registered Nurse and within your scope of practice, you\'ll contribute to assessments, implement care plans, and ensure each patient receives high-quality, compassionate care.

Responsibilities

• To adhere to organisational policy and procedures.
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• To treat all individuals with respect and maintain privacy, dignity and confidentiality at all times.
• Responsible for delivering a delegated workload against the needs of patients and service requirement
• Able to manage own time effectively
• Plans and organise tasks and activities to be completed within agreed timescales
• Organise, prioritise and adjust own workload in relation to patient care.
• To work in care teams with other professionals, providing practical help to registered practitioners by delivering delegated aspects of nursing care to vulnerable and often highly dependent patients with a range of illnesses.
• To use sound clinical reasoning skills when delivering care and therapy interventions in line with goals agreed with the individual and set by a registered health professional, this would only be expected following appropriate training or when competency reached.
• To be able to accurately and effectively report on care undertaken and document changes in condition, maintain accurate and contemporaneous records, in hand-written or electronic format and ensure that there is feedback to the appropriate or responsible registered healthcare professional.
• To establish good therapeutic relationships with individuals and be able to communicate effectively in order to overcome barriers to understanding when treating individuals who may have physical or mental health issues or learning difficulties that affect their ability to communicate, understand or reason.
• To assist in the maintenance, cleaning and storage of equipment.
• To attend team meetings and appropriate education and training to ensure continuing professional development.
• To actively participate in setting personal objectives through appraisal and clinical supervision.
• To participate in active rotation to support the key objectives of course delivery
• To follow Medicines management and administration standard operating procedures for the organization and follow policy for safe and effective administration and optimization of medicines. This should be in accordance with NMC standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates

Qualifications and requirements

• All listed qualifications and requirements include: Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and active NMC registration
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A flexible, team-focused approach
• Confident IT skills
• A valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work
• Registered as a Nurse Associate with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Car driver
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work independently, using own initiative and knowing when to seek advice.

At Wilton Community Team, we work closely with partner organisations across health and social care to provide high-quality support in people\'s homes, community bases, and local hospitals. Our integrated team focuses on delivering proactive and preventative care that keeps people safe, supported, and out of hospital whenever possible. We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK\'s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We\'re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. We have safeguarding policies and operate a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 4 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts and cashback offers
• Access to your wages as you earn them
• Online and face to face help with mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and CPD through the Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture that encourages ideas and innovation
• High clinical and quality standards with many services rated good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission

Safeguarding and protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults is of utmost importance, with policies and procedures in place and a safer recruitment process including clearance checks.