The Nursing Associate works alongside a team within general practice. The post holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, working as and when required within this organisation. Their principal task is to support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care of patients. The Nursing Associate is to undertake the following key responsibilities in delivering health services: Delivery of high quality, compassionate care while undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a nominated individual with a focus on promoting good health and independence To provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals To provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF To provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required.To provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients To work as part of the organisations MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision To improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity To work with the organisations MDT to ensure delivery of nursing associate duties to complement existing workforce To support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care. To perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse After undertaking additional training, to provide flu vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the organisation in line with the competencies of the role To promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check To care for individuals with dementia, mental health conditions and learning disabilities To provide support during minor operations as required To 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 To maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED CT codes To enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service To contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance To 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 To contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., flu clinics) through advice or direct care To support and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes including any opportunistic delivery Please see the uploaded job description for full specifications.