Nursing Associate | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

DCHS Foundation Trust; Shirebrook; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is seeking qualified Nursing Associates to join community nursing teams across North East Derbyshire, mainly in Killamarsh and Shirebrook District Nursing Teams.

The role focuses on delivering community-based care, including long-term condition management, venepuncture and medication administration, plus nursing assessments and treatment follow-through.

Qualifications

• Provides community-based, individualized care including long-term condition management.
• Performs venepuncture and medication administration as part of care standards.
• Completes nursing assessments and follows prescribed treatment regimens.

Responsibilities

• Work in a multi-professional team to deliver patient-centered care.
• Manage own workload with guidance from line manager and delegate tasks to junior colleagues as appropriate.
• Able to travel across the locality and work in patients' homes as required.

Job description

Nursing Associate | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced or newly qualified Nursing Associate?

If so, we want to hear from you!

We currently have a range of exciting opportunities for qualified Nursing Associates to joinposts across North East Derbyshire based mainly in the Killamarsh District Nursing Team and the Shirebrook District Nursing Team.

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

This is a very exciting opportunity for the successful candidates to progress and develop in 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.

For this role you will need to be able to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with other staff and patients. You will also have the opportunity to manage your workload on a daily basis, following the guidance of your line manager.

The post holder will organise and prioritise their own day to day work tasks and activities, and delegate tasks to junior colleagues. The successful post holdermust be able to able to work alone and unsupervised.

Applicants must be able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.

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.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Oct 2026