Do you have a keen interest in Acute Kidney injury? Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Do you want to have a positive influence on patient care and experience? Do you want to be a part of a friendly, supportive and experienced team?
If your answers are YES, then our Patient Safety Team at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary is the place for you.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Nursing Associate to join the Patient Safety Team either as part of a secondment or on a fixed term basis. The role is offered on a fixed term basis for 18 months at 18.75 hours per week.
You will be working alongside a registered nurse but managing your own patients. Administrating medications and providing patient centred care.
The role will include involvement in audit and delivering teaching both formally and informally.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made.This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis, it has been established to provide cover for an employee on a secondment and will end in June 2026 or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
The role of the Nursing Associate Acute Kidney Injury is to work with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurses contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care in line with the service pathways and as agreed with supervising clinician(s). They will monitor the condition and health needs of people with renal disease specifically Acute Kidney Injury within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
· Under the supervision and working in partnership with a registered nurse provide and deliver a high standard of nursing care contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care based on evidence and working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team.
· Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients in a range of care settings.
· Monitor the condition and health needs of patients with AKI within their care on a continual basis in partnership with patients, families and carers, ensuring appropriate escalation to a registered nurse when required.
· Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and well-being.
· Promote comfort and well-being by ensuring that patients’ personal and social needs are met and be able to care for a patient’s nursing needs.
· To safely undertake the following procedures to meet the patient’s nursing needs to include undertaking routine procedures including venepuncture, cannulation, ECG recording, measuring and interpreting blood glucose levels, recording and interpreting vital signs, continence care, bladder and bowel care, pressure area care, wound care, nutrition, hydration, foot care, skin integrity, mood identification (as outlined in the NMC Nursing Associate Skills Annex). Identify and report changes in a patient’s condition to a registered nurse.
· To safely undertake the following procedures concerned with caring for a patient with AKI: accurate fluid balance monitoring and management, understand the implications of nephrotoxic medications for patients with AKI and implementation of the AKI care bundle.
· Prioritise and manage own workload, recognising where elements of care can safely be delegated to other colleagues, carers and family members.
· Provide and receive sensitive information concerning a patient’s medical condition.
· Work with the registered nurse and engage with other agencies and community teams to ensure a safe, individualised approach to the admission and discharge of patients from the AKI workload.
· Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records in line with Trust policy and the NMC Code.
· Provide effective evidence-based care for service users under the supervision of registered nurses in order to perform non-complex activities, in line with clinical governance and professional standards.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024