Nurse Associate Band 4 - North Wiltshire

HCRG Care Group; Chippenham; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Chippenham seeks a Nurse Associate Band 4 for their Hospital at Home service. This role involves delivering holistic nursing care to patients in their homes and requires registration with the NMC and experience in a clinical setting. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support individuals in need. This position offers competitive salary, NHS Pension, continuous professional development opportunities, and the chance to work within a supportive and dynamic team.

Benefits

Band 4 salary: £26,712 - £29,494.50

Membership of My Reward Hub for discounts

Access to wages as you earn

Wellbeing support services

Bespoke career development opportunities

Free tea and coffee at base location

Qualifications

• Registered as a Nurse Associate with the NMC.
• Experience of working within a clinical setting.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its impact on current practice.

Responsibilities

• Work in care teams with other professionals, delivering aspects of nursing care.
• Use sound clinical reasoning skills when delivering care.
• Accurately report on care undertaken and document changes in condition.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication

Excellent interpersonal skills

Experience in a clinical setting

Ability to respond to people in distress

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Job description

Nurse Associate Band 4 - North Wiltshire

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Associate Band 4 to join our North Wiltshire Locality Hospital at Home service. The service is currently undergoing an exciting period of transformation, making this an excellent time to become part of a dynamic and innovative team. Post will be based at either Chippenham, Malmesbury or Savernake Hospital, you\'ll be working Monday - Sunday 8am - 6pm (would consider shorter shifts).

Nursing Associates bring valuable knowledge, skills, and professional behaviours to their roles and are expected to work in line with the NMC Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nursing Associates. With a broad understanding of care across the lifespan, they provide holistic, person-centred support to individuals of all ages in a variety of settings.

As part of the Hospital at Home Team, you will help deliver high-quality, person-centred acute nursing care directly to patients in their homes. You will have completed the Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and will play an important role in supporting patients within the community.

In this role, you will carry out a wide range of duties delegated by a suitably registered practitioner, bringing core nursing values compassion, competence, communication, courage, care, and commitment to every stage of assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of care.

Main duties of the job

As a Nurse Associate you will:

• Work in care teams with other professionals, providing practical help by delivering aspects of nursing care to vulnerable and often highly dependent patients.
• Use sound clinical reasoning skills when delivering care and therapy interventions
• Deliver a delegated workload against the needs of patients and service
• Treat all individuals with respect and maintain privacy, dignity and confidentiality
• Commit to personal and professional development
• Organise, prioritise and adjust own workload
• Accurately and effectively report on care undertaken and document changes in condition, maintain records, and ensure that there is feedback to the appropriate or responsible healthcare professional.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were 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 doesn\'t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we\'ve shown here. If you\'re keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Nurse Associate Band 4, you\'ll be part of our valued team in our North Locality Hospital at Home service.

You will feel valued as a Nurse Associate Band 4within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £26,712 - £29,494.50 Band 4 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life\'s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you\'re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• 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
• Free tea and coffee at your base location

The Ideal Candidate

Registered as a Nurse Associate with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Experience of working within a clinical setting

Knowledge of relevant legislation and its impact on current practice

Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Effective verbal and written communication

Excellent interpersonal skills and able to build effective working relationships with both clients and colleagues

An ability to respond to people in distress

Car driver, with access to own vehicle.

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 Hospital at Home, or willingness to learn.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.