Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
About
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
CLCH is both the largest community healthcare organisation in London and the first in the capital to be awarded NHS Trust status. As such, CLCH is at the forefront of changing the way healthcare services are provided to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Over 3,000 community health professionals and staff provide community and in-patient services to over 900,000 local people.
Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Key details
Location
Site: Hertsmere - Potters Bar
Town: Hertfordshire
Postcode: EN6 2RY
Major / Minor Region: London
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £27,857 - £30,570 Per Annum, inclusive of HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 4
Specialty
Main area: Nursing Associate B4
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
Nursing Associate
You will be supported to develop and achieve competencies to provide individualised care to patients who have long-term conditions and to complete various nursing assessments and follow treatment regimes. Working as a nursing associate, you will need to be passionate and enthusiastic about patient care, putting patients at the heart of everything you do. You will be working in a multi-professional team and will need to be able to think on the spot and be empathetic. For this role, you will need to be able to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with other staff and patients.
You will be passionate about our business, creating a culture of continuous improvement, where patient welfare is at the heart of all you do. It will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those of CLCH.
The post holder will organise and prioritise their own day-to-day work tasks and activities, and delegate tasks to junior colleagues. The post holder will be required to have access to a car to complete patient visits in the community settings. The post holder may be required to work from different bases within the Hertfordshire borough.
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The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the multi-professional team and the Registered Nurse to assess, plan, organise and deliver clinical care in line with service and patient needs, as agreed with supervising clinicians.
The nursing associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan and across the fields of nursing, providing holistic and person-centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The nursing associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process. (Health Education England 2018)
Nursing associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a nursing associate and will work to a nationally recognised Nurse and Midwifery (NMC) code of conduct and must meet the NMC standards of proficiency.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
* Flexible working options
* Annual travel card loan
* Training, support and development in your career
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
** Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
* Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
* Race Equality Network
* Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
* Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice
* GCSEs Grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent
* Care Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
* Previous experience of working within a health / care setting in the field of area applied for
* Relevant experience of working self-directed or as part of a team.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development
* Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Code.
* Relevant clinical skills in the area of work
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal, non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
* Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
* Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice when needed
* Ability to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
* Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
* Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to an appropriate registered health or care professional
* Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
* IT awareness and ability to use NHS systems
* Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
Other/Key Attribute
Essential criteria
* Car driver with access to a vehicle (dependent on borough)
Documents
* Job Description (528.3) PDF KB
* Trust Values (720.3) PDF KB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Chisomo Amessinou
Job title: District Nurse Team Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07900756104
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