Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like to start your career in nursing? Would you describe yourself as caring, compassionate, motivated, and interested in developing your career?
Then join us at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) and train to become a qualified Registered Nursing Associate. During this 2-year, fully-funded programme, you'll work as a healthcare assistant, earning a full-time salary while studying.
Working in the community setting offers a wide range of opportunities to help adults, children, and their loved ones receive clinical support in their own home or close to home. Nursing Associates contribute to integrated care by working independently or as part of the wider healthcare team.
They provide and monitor care to promote health and prevent illness for patients across their lifespan.
Following successful completion of the programme, you will be awarded a level five qualification and can move into a role as a qualified Nursing Associate once you receive your registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
If you apply for more than one of the Nursing Associate apprenticeship vacancies, you will only be invited to interview once but you will be considered for every vacancy where you were successfully shortlisted.
The successful candidate will also need to complete an application and interview with the apprenticeship provider. Once you have been successful at both elements, you will be offered the apprenticeship position.
Main duties of the job
The Apprentice Nurse Associate will:
1. Deliver high quality, compassionate care under the direction of a Registered Nurse (or other registered care professional dependent on setting) with a focus on promoting health and independence.
2. Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS Values.
3. Work as part of a designated clinical and care team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual.
4. Carry out specific delegated clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or other registered care professionals dependent on setting.
5. Work with a practice assessor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace, while on placements and through attending the Nursing Associate Training Programme.
6. Develop by the end of the Nursing Associate Training Programme the ability to work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the defined plan of care, within the parameters of practice of the Nursing Associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience providing direct patient care in a health and/or social care setting.
* NHS experience.
Knowledge
* Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, carers, and relatives (as appropriate), remaining sensitive and empathetic.
* Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
* High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet.
* Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the apprenticeship programme.
Personal Attributes
* Appreciation of diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy, and preferences.
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
846-6980471-UJ
Job locations
Tonbridge Community Nursing - Community Hospital
£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata
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