Registered Nursing Associate / Community Assistant Practitioner

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Aylsham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a community nurse to cover Aylsham, Reepham, Coltishall, and Drayton surgeries. This role involves visiting patients in their homes to deliver complex nursing care, including wound management and diabetes care. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical reasoning skills and good communication abilities. The position offers continued professional development and requires a mobile working approach using electronic patient records. Applicants should embody the values of compassion, creativity, and community.

Benefits

Support and development through training

Regular appraisals and personal development plan

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and capable of working in a community setting.
• Experience in complex wound care, catheterisations, INR, and diabetes management.
• Ability to utilize electronic patient records effectively.

Responsibilities

• Visiting patients at home and in care homes to provide nursing care.
• Performing complex wound care, catheterisations, and diabetes management.
• Participating in community nursing and therapy team activities.

Skills

Sound clinical reasoning skills

Good communication skills

Positive enthusiastic approach

"Can do" attitude

Job description

The post will be covering Aylsham, Reepham, Coltishall and Drayton surgeries working with patients in the NN3 area. You will visit patients in their own homes and care homes to perform complex wound care, catheterisations, INR, venepuncture, diabetes management, pressure ulcer risk management, initial nursing assessments and more.

We would welcome applicants with a "can do" attitude who reflect the values (compassion, creativity and community) and behaviours of the organisation. You will work as part of the Community Nursing and Therapy team.

We are keen to enable our patients to achieve optimum function and independence and quality of life. You will play a key part in this along with your nursing and therapy colleagues. To assist you with this you will receive support and development through in service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

You must be self‑motivated, able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning skills and have good communication skills. Applicants should have a positive enthusiastic approach to working in a community setting.

NCHC have electronic patient records and there is an expectation that you will be a mobile worker using a lap top to enable you to work with your patients and record their care during the clinical consultation where appropriate. You will receive support and training to enable you to use this functionality.