An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Nursing Associate, to work full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent role. This opportunity is within a multi-disciplinary team providing nutrition support at Barts Health NHS Trust.
This post covers providing clinical support and administrative support to a Team delivering care for complex artificial enteral and nutrition support as well as inpatient and home parenteral nutrition.
By integrating the four key aspects of clinical practice, service management, education and research, the post holder will assist the multidisciplinary team to further develop and monitor standards ofnutritional care.
The role demands the commitment to providing administrative and clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals throughout the Trust. The successful applicant will work closely with the Adult Nutrition Support multidisciplinary team to ensure a high quality of care is delivered to patients.
In return for your dedication to the role, we can offer supportive working and a learning environment to enable the post holder to thrive both personally and professionally, whilst promoting progression within the Adult Nutrition Support Team and Barts Health Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as a support to the Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialists. The role will involve assisting the CNS's in the delivery of patient care. This work will combine working directly with patients both face to face on the wards and over the phone, staff training, stock ordering and control, liaising with other members of nutrition and dietetics, assisting the CNS's with other non-clinical work e.g. administrative duties such as updating our databases. The job will require flexibility and involve both clinical and clerical duties as well as good team working and negotiation skills. The job is based at The Royal London Hospital site but the post holder will be required to travel to other sites on an as need basis.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
* Higher National Diploma Level 5 - Nursing Associate
* Nursing Associate registered with the NMC
Experience
* Experience working with the public
* Experience working with vulnerable people in Health Care
Knowledge
* Understand and apply risk management
* Understand legal responsibilities of the service and the associated code of conduct as well as clinical governance
* Knowledge and understanding of the diverse communities in the area
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.
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