You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the ED. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, teamwork, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience, and initiative are paramount.
You will embrace the challenge of working as a Nursing Associate in a highly diverse environment. You will be registered with the NMC and have experience of working in an acute hospital environment.
As a nursing associate in the Emergency Department, you will need to be flexible and able to adapt to meet the needs of the department day to day. This includes assisting with basic nursing care through to caring for your own caseload of patients.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team in the Emergency Department at Barnet Hospital.
We can offer you a diverse working environment whilst allowing you to develop your clinical skills, knowledge, and expertise, giving you the opportunity to gain advanced specialised skills to care for patients with complex needs.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies, and carry out more than 17 million tests.
Our size, scale, and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits to next-level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
* Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
* GCSE Grade A-C in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Experience
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
* Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
* Experience of working in an acute hospital
* Experience of working in an Emergency department
Skills and aptitudes
* Ability to organize and prioritise own delegated workload
* Able to undertake the clinical skills outlined in the Job description
* Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
* Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal, and non-verbal communication) with patients, relatives, and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers, and colleagues
* Ability to support, supervise, assess, and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates and nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting.
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.
£31,081 to £33,665 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
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