Nurse Associate

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a compassionate Nurse Associate to deliver high-quality patient care in a supportive primary care environment. This part-time position involves a variety of clinical responsibilities, including patient assessments, wound care, and supporting chronic disease management. Ideal candidates should be registered nursing associates with relevant experience and training. Join us to make a meaningful impact in our community.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a primary care environment.
• Ability to evaluate own strengths and development needs.
• Understanding of the nursing associate role within the healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate, patient-centered care.
• Provide wound care, vaccinations, and other clinical tasks.
• Maintain accurate patient health records.

Skills

Team player

Clinical care

Health promotion

Education

Registered nursing associate

Foundation Degree in Nursing

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Are you a compassionate and skilled Nurse Associate seeking a rewarding role in primary care? Join our team at Mallard Medical Practice, a small and friendly GP surgery dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare to our community. As a Nurse Associate here, you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care in a supportive environment. Join us in making a difference in the lives of our patients while enjoying a collaborative and fulfilling work experience.

The post is part time working 3-4 days per week.

Main duties of the job

As a Nurse Associate at our GP surgery, you will be responsible for delivering essential healthcare services to our patients. Your main duties will include:

• Assisting with patient assessments and providing clinical care under the guidance of our medical team.
• Conducting immunisations, wound care, and other clinical procedures.
• Supporting chronic disease management and health promotion initiatives.
• Maintaining accurate medical records and documentation.
• Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care and outcomes.

About us

We are a friendly and welcoming GP Practice in the heart of Killingworth, North Tyneside. The practice has a population of little over 5500 registered patients. We have 5 GPs supported by an excellent multi-disciplinary team of a Practice Nurse, HCA and Pharmacist. The practice teaches medical students from Newcastle and Sunderland University.

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities ofthe Nursing Associate in delivering health services:

Deliver high quality, compassionate care while undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professional) with a focus on promoting good health and independence

Provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals

Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical basedevidence, NICE and the NSF

Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required

Work as part of the MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision and ensure delivery of nursing associate duties

Improve the safety and quality of care at every opportunity

Contribute to the delivery of integrated care

Work with a supervisor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace and enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present

Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care

Develop relationships across the MDT to support the integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED codes

Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse including appropriate coding

Provide flu vaccinations, venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role

Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS healthcheck

Provide support during minor operations as required

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the nursing associate in the context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation and how the role may contribute to service development
• Experience of using SystmOne

Qualifications

• Registered nursing associate and on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register
• Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified in the Nursing Midwifery Standards of proficiency by having undertaken and completed the two-year Foundation Degree delivered by a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) approved provider

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.