Nursing Associate | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nursing Associate to join the ambulatory clinic service within the community nursing workstream across the Fylde coast. The post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, and a driver is essential to travel between clinics.

You will provide safe, individualized care, support families, participate in care planning, and help deliver the commissioned services to clinic patients, with emphasis on dignity, respect and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic, person-centred nursing care.
• Engage with patients, families and carers and contribute to care planning.
• Respect individuals’ rights and help resolve conflicts.
• Work independently and with others to uphold patient rights and address refusals of care.
• Assist clinical teams to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care.
• Administer medications safely in line with policies.
• Safeguard vulnerable adults and children.
• Demonstrate dignity and respect for all patients and staff.

Skills

Holistic nursing care

Care planning

Medication administration

Safeguarding

Communication with families

Job description

Nursing Associate | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The postholder will work as part of the ambulatory clinic service within the community nursing workstream working across the Fylde coast, undertaking nursing duties in clinic settings. The post is full time 37.5 hours across a working week.

*** It is essential the post holder is a driver ***

To provide safe, effective, individualised care to patients and to give support to families and service users requiring scheduled and unscheduled care interventions.

The role includes supporting the planning, implementing and evaluation of programmes of care, initiating changes to care and escalation, if required, to the senior community clinic nurse and the wider team.

To monitor the condition and health needs of patients on a continual basis in partnership with colleagues, families and carers, referring to others for reassessment, when require

To deliver a commissioned service to clinic patients who fall under the agreed service specification.

• Deliver holistic,person-centrednursing care
• Actively engage with individuals, their families and/or carers and contribute to care planning, by establishing their needs, wishes, preferences and choices and incorporating these into care planning.
• Ensure the rights of individuals are held and facilitate the resolution of any conflict arising
• Act independently and in partnership with others to ensure that the rights of individuals are not overlooked or compromised. Resolve conflict in situations where there may be refusal of care by individuals or their families
• Support healthcare professionals to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care
• Safely administer medication in accordance with local and nationalpolicy
• Safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children
• Demonstrate the ability to treat all individuals, carers and colleagues with dignity and respect for their diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences

At Blackpool Teaching Hospitals we are committed to zero-tolerance. The Trust will not tolerate any form of sexual assault, bullying, harassment and discrimination and we will all take responsibility to speak up if we see or experience it. 'Zero tolerance' means that every allegation of a sexual offence, bullying, harassment or discrimination will be treated seriously. The Trust has implemented policies and procedures to address any of these incidents and allegations. Every allegation will receive prompt, thorough, efficient, and independent investigation. Independent means that the investigation will be conducted from someone outside of the team, division or externally.

Values

• Deliver holistic,person-centrednursing care
• Actively engage with individuals, their families and/or carers and contribute to care planning, by establishing their steps, wishes, preferences and choices and incorporating these into care planning.
• Ensure the rights of individuals are held and facilitate the resolution of any conflict arising
• Act independently and in partnership with others to ensure that the rights of individuals are not overlooked or compromised. Resolve conflict in situations where there may be refusal of care by individuals or their families
• Support healthcare professionals to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care
• Safely administer medication in accordance with local and nationalpolicy
• Safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children
• Demonstrate the ability to treat all individuals, carers and colleagues with dignity and respect for their diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences

This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Nov 2026

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust