Nursing Associate in Urology

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Nursing Associate to join the Urology team across Southport and Ormskirk sites. The role involves providing specialist nursing care and working flexibly between sites and shifts to meet service demands.

The post requires effective communication with patients and colleagues, and supporting staff to maintain high standards of care within the Outpatient/Treatment Centre setting.

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification and registration (NMC) as Nursing Associate or registered equivalent.
• Flexibility to work across Southport and Ormskirk sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide Urology specialist care to patients at Outpatient/Treatment Centre.
• Carry out nursing procedures with minimal supervision and support junior staff.
• Liaise with service users to deliver high standards of nursing care.

Skills

Effective communication

Nursing skills

Supervising staff

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Nursing Associate, with effective communication skills to join our hard-working urology Nursing team at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital sites The posts will involve working within Urology . The post holders will be required to work across both Southport and Ormskirk sites and must be flexible in working between the hours of 0800-18.3000, Monday-Friday and Weekends and Bank Holidays as required.,

• The post holder is responsible for providing Urology specialist services to patients attending the Outpatient/treatment centre Departments.
• The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision and may be required to demonstrate procedures and supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff.
• The post holder will (develop the skills over time) to be able to provide a high standard of direct nursing care to patients attending the Outpatients/treatment centre Departments.
• The post holder will be an effective communicator, liaising closely with all users of the service in order to deliver high standards of nursing care.
• All Nursing Associates will support and supervise staff nurses and unqualified members of staff as this is a key component of the role. He/she has a valuable role in enhancing clinical practice and meeting the clinical governance agenda of the Trust.
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
  Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire.

Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation.

We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.