Nursing Associate

Alliance Française de Toronto; Derby; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established community health service provider is seeking a dedicated Nursing Associate to join their dynamic team in Derby. This role is pivotal in delivering individualized care to housebound patients, focusing on promoting independence and effective long-term condition management. The successful candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, working alongside a multi-professional team to ensure the highest standards of patient care. This exciting opportunity offers the potential for professional development, including a pathway to a Nursing Apprenticeship. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient lives and enjoy working in a supportive community setting, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Must have a nursing qualification and be passionate about patient care.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-professional team.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized community-based care to housebound patients.
• Complete nursing assessments and follow care plans.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Long-term Condition Management

Education

Nursing Qualification

Tools

Car for Patient Visits

Job description

Are you an experienced, newly qualified or soon to be qualified Nursing Associate?

If so, we want to hear from you!

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Nursing Associate to join our established community nursing teams in Derby City. This role will provide care for housebound patients in Derby City/Derbyshire borders.

Fulltime /Part time hours considered.

As a Nursing Associate you will be expected to provide community based individualised care to include promoting independence and self care, long-term condition management and medication administration as well as completing various nursing assessments, following care plans and treatment regimes.

This is a very exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to progress and develop in the role. There may be an opportunity to apply for the Nursing Apprenticeship programme subject to successful completion of the probationary period and consolidation of the role.

Working as a Nursing Associate you will need to be passionate and enthusiastic about patient care, putting patients at the heart of everything you do.

You will be working in a multi-professional team and will need to be able to think on the spot and be empathetic whilst developing the art of the quality conversation to ensure effective communication with our patients.

For this role you will need to be able to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with other staff and patients.

The successful post holder must be able to work alone and unsupervised.

The post holder will be required to have access to a car to complete patient visits in the community and clinical settings.

You must be passionate about our business, creating a culture of continuous improvement, where patient welfare is at the heart of all you do.

It will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DCHS Way.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

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