Nurse Associate - Ludlow Community Hospital
We are recruiting to a Nurse Associate at Ludlow Community Hospital.
This role is to provide holistic and person centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. You will work independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working to their nationally recognised code of conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates.
Main duties of the job
To communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and to manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.
To contribute to the establishment of an ethos of modern, customer orientated services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user centred delivery meeting the individual needs of patients and their carer's.
To ensure that care provided is effective through careful assessment of patients' condition and circumstances, appropriate planning and delivery of care and regular evaluation of achievement of care objectives, escalating patient care concerns, and working under the leadership of registered nurses at all times
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
* Educated to level 5 Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation degree in nursing associate practice / Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Certificate
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working as an Nurse Associate within the NHS or other care setting
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* IT skills appropriate to the role
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
* 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
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.
Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working
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