Bank Nurse Associate

NHS Jobs; Chippenham; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking Bank Nurse Associates to support our community hospital inpatient teams across 8 units in the BSW area. You will join a multiprofessional nursing and therapy team, delivering holistic, patient-centred care and helping maintain safety and quality in a busy community setting.

Applicants should have completed the Nurse Associate Foundation degree with an active NMC pin. The role offers flexible bank shifts, professional development, and opportunities to gain experience

Qualifications

• Registered as a Nurse Associate with the NMC.
• Car driver.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work independently, using own initiative.
• Desirable experience in a care or health setting.
• Experience of managing patients with complex needs in the community.
• Understanding national drivers and guidance relevant to the community, or willingness to learn.
• Some clinical skills relevant to the role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, compassionate, person-centred care, ensuring patients are treated with dignity, respect, and confidentiality.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide delegated nursing care and support patients with a range of health needs.
• Plan, prioritise, and manage your workload effectively to meet patient and service requirements.
• Monitor, record, and report patient progress, maintaining accurate and timely clinical records.
• Build positive therapeutic relationships with patients, families, and colleagues, adapting communication to individual needs.
• Support the safe use, cleaning, maintenance, and storage of clinical equipment.
• Follow organisational policies, procedures, and medicines management guidelines to ensure safe and effective care.
• Participate in training, supervision, appraisals, and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Contribute positively to team objectives and take part in rotational working arrangements where required.

Skills

NMC Registered

Car driver

Communication

Independent worker

Care experience

Complex patient care

Guidelines knowledge

Clinical skills

Education

Nurse Associate Foundation degree

Job description

Package Description

As a Bank Nurse Associate, youll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team within our 8 community inpatient units across BSW.

As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:

• £15.47 an hour Self-booking and access to all bank shifts!
• Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
• Request a Duty Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance.
• This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
• HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream- which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them.
• No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
• Opportunitiesto work in different areas and various different servicesto gain new knowledge and experience
• Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
• Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
• Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
• Innovative forward-thinking culturewith the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work.
• You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
• Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual Ask our Executives event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

We are looking to recruit Nursing Associates to complement our valuable Bank Nursing team to join our multiprofessional Community Hospital Inpatient team and have opportunities to work within our 8 community inpatient units across BSW.

As a bank nurse you will work as a valued member of the nursing and wider multidisciplinary team including our therapy and medical team.

You will provide a high standard of holistic, person-centred, nursing care to patients admitted to our community inpatient wards as well as being responsible for promoting health and independence and maintaining the safety and quality of care we provide to the patients.

Applicants will have successfully completed the Nurse Associate Foundation degree and have been awarded a current NMC pin no.

You will be able to deliver wide range of clinical duties delegated by a suitably registered practitioner/nurse and be able to implement the core values of nursing compassion, competence, communication, courage, care, and commitment with respect, integrity, accountability, and equity.

If you are interested in joining our team and would like an informal visit to any of our community wards please contact and of our Ward Matrons: Anne-Marie Nuth on [e-mail] Helen Hunt on [e-mail] Vanessa LeMeneger on [e-mail] Alison Hussey on [e-mail] Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on 07884 659608 or [e-mail] We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, compassionate, person-centred care, ensuring patients are treated with dignity, respect, and confidentiality.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide delegated nursing care and support patients with a range of health needs.
• Plan, prioritise, and manage your workload effectively to meet patient and service requirements.
• Monitor, record, and report patient progress, maintaining accurate and timely clinical records.
• Build positive therapeutic relationships with patients, families, and colleagues, adapting communication to individual needs.
• Support the safe use, cleaning, maintenance, and storage of clinical equipment.
• Follow organisational policies, procedures, and medicines management guidelines to ensure safe and effective care.
• Participate in training, supervision, appraisals, and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Contribute positively to team objectives and take part in rotational working arrangements where required.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and make a real difference to the lives of patients within a supportive and rewarding healthcare environment.

The Ideal Candidate

• Essential 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.
• Desirable Previous experience in a care or health setting
• Experience of managing patients with complex needs in the community.
• Understanding national drivers and guidance relevant to the community, or willingness to learn
• Some clinical skills relevant to the role

About the Company

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.

Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're 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.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

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