Job overview
As a Band 4 Nursing Associate, you will work closely with service users, their families, friends, and carers to ensure safe, high-quality, and positive experiences. You’ll achieve this by utilising sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments, adhering to evidence-based policies, and respecting and empowering individuals throughout the care planning process.
This position requires close collaboration with service users, their families, and carers to ensure safe, effective, and positive care experiences. You will apply sound clinical skills, adhere to evidence-based policies, and empower individuals through the care planning process.
The inpatient ward focuses on rehabilitation, admitting patients directly from their homes and acute trusts. Join our organisation and help us deliver the best care!
We have opportunities at the following locations,
1. Faversham Cottage Hospital, ME13 8PS
2. Hawkhurst Community Hospital, TN18 4PU
3. Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay, CT6 6EB
4. Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, TN11 0NE
5. Victoria Hospital, Deal, CT14 9UA
6. West View Hospital, Tenterden TN30 6TX
7. Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital, CT5 2HN
Please indicate in the supporting statement of your application form your 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference of Hospital locations.
Driving may be required for these roles as you may be asked to travel to other sites to provide support to your community hospital colleagues if and when needed.
Main duties of the job
More emphasis on community-based care means it’s never been a better time to join our brilliant teams across Kent. Our flexible and compassionate colleagues care for patients within a community hospital setting, supporting patients to leave hospital and live a happy and healthy life at home. We treat the whole person, not just the condition. Our work is practitioner-led and therapy focused.
Caring for people in the community requires specialist knowledge and skills, we will develop you through our excellent educational opportunities that range from degrees to apprenticeship-schemes.
You’ll provide full holistic assessments, and develop patient-centred care plans, using the skills and knowledge you have obtained during your foundation degree study. Key duties include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating delegated caseloads, supervising junior healthcare support workers and trainees, and performing delegated clinical activities. You will be providing individualised high-quality care to patients, so you will need the relevant experience of working at a Senior Healthcare Assistant level.
You will be expected to participate in 24-hour internal rotation, encompassing early, late, night, and long day shifts. Flexibility to move to other Community Hospital sites to meet service demands is also required.
We welcome flexible working arrangements and offer a range of with a variety of work life balance initiatives that mean we have the perfect job for you.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
8. Registered with the NMC as a Nursing Associate registrant Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)
Desirable criteria
9. Mentorship / Coaching qualification Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at Nursing Associate level Working within the NMC Code of Conduct Experience of working as part of a team Experience with the use of Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
11. Experience of working in an NHS community environment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE, Essence of Care Knowledge of up to date clinical practice Understands the role and remit of a Band 4 registered nursing associate role
Skills & abilities
Essential criteria
13. Ability to organise own work Moderate IT skills Supervision skills
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
14. Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice Committed to delivering high standards of care
Ability to manage
Essential criteria
15. Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures
16. Able to support the implementation of local and national agendas for health under the guidance of the Registered Practitioner
Base Preference
Essential criteria
17. Please indicate your 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference of Hospital locations, list included in the advert text. Failure to complete this question correctly will delay your application being processed.
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