Are you a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate with a passion for making a difference? Join our dedicated team within the South Somerset Community Mental Health Service, based in Yeovil.
As a Band 4 Practitioner, you'll be working at a level beyond that of healthcare support workers, bringing a deeper understanding of the factors that influence both health and ill health. Your primary focus will be on supporting the physical health of patients within our community mental health service, delivering care that is tailored to the needs of each individual and their family.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:
1. Support people in enhancing and maintaining their mental, physical, and behavioural health and wellbeing, while actively promoting health and preventing illness.
2. Develop your knowledge of the nursing process, assisting registered nurses in the ongoing assessment, planning, management, and evaluation of care.
3. Recognise changes in a patient's condition that require intervention and understand when to refer to the supervising registered nurse or other senior colleagues for reassessment.
4. Work as part of a designated clinical team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual and their family.
Qualifications
* Foundation degree in health care or Higher National Diploma in health care ie at Level 5 of the Regulated Qualification Framework.
* Registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register.
Experience
* Demonstrates an insight to the Scope of the Nursing Associate role as part of the multi-disciplinary team and Trust and how role will contribute to the development of our services.
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.
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