[ref. a839800] Nursing Associate
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What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
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Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring, highly motivated Registered Nursing Associate to join the expanding Alcohol Care Team for 22.5 hours a week.
The post offers a unique opportunity to be an integral part of the Alcohol Care Team and will assist in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of patients with alcohol related conditions, provide appropriate disease related advice and promote health education in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
They will be expected to refer patients appropriately and in a timely manner to other service providers and clinical pathways – support is available from a Nurse Specialist as required. They will accept referrals from other Health Care Professionals and work unsupervised, with regular monitoring/clinical supervision from senior staff.As such, whilst the post is based at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) for most of the working week, there is an expectation that the post holder has access to a vehicle to travel to North Tyneside General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital and on occasion Hexham General Hospital.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Please ensure you have prior approval from your current line manager that a secondment agreement can be facilitated within your current department before applying.
Main duties of the job
To comprehensively assess patients, gaining information about their physical health, mental health, social issues as well as their alcohol history to format a plan of care based on the patients’ individual needs.
Collaborate and communicate effectively with a range of other health care professionals, patients and carers.
To advise and support emergency department staff on the admission criteria for patients with alcohol misuse issues attending the department.
To liaise with other professionals both within the hospital and external agencies to meet the needs of the patient, including raising safeguarding concerns and referrals to local recovery services.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.
High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Work within NHCFT policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure high clinical standards.
- To contribute to all nursing care, providing care for people including those with complex needs.
- Working as a member of the nursing team under the direction of the Registered Nurse to provide and monitor care.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential criteria- Live NMC Nursing Associate Registration
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree qualification
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
- Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Experience in a health care setting
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Other requirements
Essential criteria- For posts in the community: It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates.We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.