Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate - Community Nursing

Job summary

Do you have a passion for Community Nursing? Are you interested in trying something new? No previous Community experience required.

If you are looking for hours to fit around your family; we can tailor our offering to you. This could be working school hours, weekends only, condensed hours or maybe it's just keeping your interest in nursing by working one shift a week. All we ask for is that you provide the very best care to our Patients and work with our Teams to ensure patient safety and compliance.

We are looking for a Nursing Associate who wishes to work independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses whilst developing their career. Confident decision maker and able to develop this new role in partnership with the wider team. Welcoming applications from qualified Nursing Associates who hold a UK PIN number, knowledge of nursing across a range of specialties and can demonstrate compassion and commitment to improving lives of Solihull residents.

The Trust has supported and continues to support a large number of trainees and we fully understand the role you have been prepared to fulfill. You will access our comprehensive induction programme led by our Quality Improvement Lead and be able to join our Preceptorship programme within the Trust.

We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support.

There is the scope for further development into a Registered Nurse post through our top up course offered through the trust.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The role involves delivering skilled and providing evidence-based care to patients within their home environment who can have very complex needs. Our District Nursing teams work closely with specialist nurses, GPs, Therapists and Social Work teams in providing and facilitating collaborative support and care to patients and their families and in preventing avoidable hospital admissions.

The individuals we are looking for will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and innovative and have the ability to embrace the challenges of the changing and growing demands of the primary care setting.

Previous community experience is not essential as full training and support will be provided to the right candidates.

You will need to be able to meet the needs of this service by being available to work flexibly between the hours of 07:00 to 23:00 hours on a rota basis over a 7 day period and be able to drive. We do accept flexible working requests.

We have full & part time posts available.

Harry Moore, District Nurse Team Lead (Shirley Team) 07920 535925

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE or equivalent to Level 2 Functional Skills Maths & EnglishNMC registered Nursing Associate

Level 5 Foundation Degree In Health & Care associated with Nursing Associate training

Experience

Essential

Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team

Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information

Experience of managing / prioritising own case load / workload, using initiative

Competent in a range of clinical skills and practices relevant to the scope of practice required

Experience in delegating duties to others

Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate

Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development

Understanding and acts within NMC professional standards of practice contained within the NMC code of conduct

Understanding of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity

Awareness of health and safety issues

Has knowledge in relation to the parameters and scope of practice in which the post holder should work and when to seek advice and support/ escalate of others for expert help and advice

Willingness to take on new skills and develop scope of practice

Can articulate and understanding of the importance of following Policy / Procedure , guidelines and care and treatment plans

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.