Registered Nursing Associate

NHS; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Farnborough seeks a compassionate Registered Nursing Associate for a part-time role. The position involves providing essential nursing support within a GP practice, ensuring continuity of care while a colleague is on placement. Ideal candidates will possess a Foundation Degree approved by the NMC and be committed to delivering high-quality patient care in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Experience in primary care environment.
• Ability to support and supervise others.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate nursing associate support within general practice.
• Maintain accurate patient health records.
• Assist registered nurses with complex clinical needs.

Skills

Compassion

Adaptability

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Foundation Degree approved by NMC

Registered nursing associate on NMC register

Tools

Digital clinical systems

Clinical governance procedures

Job description

We are looking for a compassionate and adaptable Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) to join our team at Voyager Family Health on a temporary basis, providing cover for our current RNA while they are away on placement for approximately three months. This role offers 1 to 2 days per week, making it ideal for someone seeking part-time, practice-based experience in a friendly and supportive environment.

As an RNA in general practice, you will play an essential role in delivering high-quality, person-centred patient care and supporting our nursing team with routine clinical activity. You will help ensure continuity of care for our patients while enabling our registered nurses to focus on more complex clinical needs.

This is a great opportunity to bring your skills into a thriving GP setting, working closely with an experienced multi-disciplinary team. You will benefit from a warm and collaborative workplace, clear supervision, and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the smooth running of our nursing and patient services.

If you enjoy varied clinical work, value teamwork, and want to make a real impact during a short-term assignment, wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In this role, youll provide safe, effective and compassionate nursing associate support within general practice, helping to maintain service continuity while our substantive RNA is on placement. Working under the direction of our Nurse Leads, your duties may include providing fundamental nursing care, supporting wound care and dressings, undertaking clinical observations, assisting with long-term condition management, and promoting patient health and wellbeing.

You will work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT), contributing to coordinated care and supporting registered nurses by taking on routine clinical tasks. Depending on your competencies, you may also undertake flu vaccinations, ECGs, venepuncture, and support during minor procedures. Youll maintain accurate clinical records using our digital clinical systems and participate in safe, evidence-based practice at all times.

This temporary position offers varied daily work in a supportive environment, helping the practice deliver responsive care while ensuring a smooth experience for patients.

About us

Voyager Family Health is a welcoming and forward-thinking GP practice based in Farnborough, known for delivering high-quality, compassionate healthcare in a friendly and supportive environment. We are proud of our strong team culture where every member plays an important role and is valued for their contribution.

Our mission is to provide safe, timely and person-centred care, working closely with our community and upholding our commitment to respect, dignity and integrity. We foster a workplace where learning, wellbeing and teamwork are at the heart of everything we do. Colleagues across our nursing team, administrative team, GPs and urgent care staff work collaboratively, supporting one another to deliver excellent care to our patients.

We encourage continuous development and reflective practice, and we promote a positive, inclusive working atmosphere where staff feel supported and appreciated. If you join us, youll be part of a highly committed team who genuinely care about one another and the community we serve.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is a Nursing Associate and provides fundamental nurse-led care to the community.

The Nursing Associate works alongside a team within general practice and is an integral part of the general practice team. The principal task is to support registered nurses to enable them to focus on the more complex clinical care of patients.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Nursing Associate in delivering health services:

• a. Deliver high quality, compassionate care while undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professional) with a focus on promoting good health and independence.
• b. Provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals.
• c. Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
• d. Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required.
• e. Work as part of the MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision and ensure delivery of nursing associate duties.
• f. Improve the safety and quality of care at every opportunity.
• g. Contribute to the delivery of integrated care.
• h. Work with a supervisor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace and enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present.
• i. Provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices and those on learning assignments/placements as required.
• j. Support registered nurses to enable them to focus on the more complex clinical care.
• k. Develop relationships across the MDT to support the integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health.
• l. Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED codes.
• m. Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse including appropriate coding.
• n. After undertaking additional training, provide flu vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role.
• o. Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check.
• p. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients.
• q. Provide support during minor operations as required.
• r. Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services.
• s. Communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues, attending and contributing to meetings as required.
• t. Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children.
• u. Process pathology results as required.
• v. Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service.
• w. Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance.
• x. Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed.
• y. Contribute towards public health and screening programmes, including immunisations and vaccinations.
• z. Support and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes including any opportunistic delivery.
• bb. Be an integral part of the general practice team, working in each practice and across the PCN, as well as supporting the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• cc. Recognise boundaries of practice and know when and to whom patients should be referred.
• dd. Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
• ee. Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf of the PCN.
• ff. Support in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events.
• gg. Undertake all mandatory training and induction programme.

Theremay be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Widerresponsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Nursing Associate has the following wider responsibilities:

• a. Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives enhancing service delivery and patient care.
• b. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• c. Work to, and understand PCN and practice and departmental policies.
• d. Act as a chaperone.

Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to clinical colleagues.
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Good clinical system IT knowledge.
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance.
• Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
• Understand the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
• Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing (Making Every Contact Count).
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and healthcare support workers as required within the clinical setting.

Other Requirements

• Occupational Health clearance.
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for revalidation.
• Evidence of CPD commensurate with the role.
• Willingness to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands.
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality.

Experience

• Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of working in a primary care environment.
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
• Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking.
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the nursing associate in the context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation and how the role may contribute to service development.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies / local policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
• Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way.
• Understand the requirement for PSDs and associated policy.
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children.
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk.
• Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential.
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
• Ability to work to key policies and procedures.
• Clear, polite telephone manner.
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
• Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet.

Qualifications

• Registered nursing associate and on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
• Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified in the Nursing Midwifery Standards of proficiency by having undertaken and completed the two-year Foundation Degree delivered by a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) approved provider.

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.