Overview
The purpose of the Nursing Associate post is to actively coordinate patient pathways through the Rheumatology department, ensuring a smooth and efficient service for patients throughout their Rheumatology treatment at the Trust. This role includes providing an effective clinical administrative and telephony service.
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.
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, enables 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.
The main duties of the job will be to assist in the co-ordination of patient care, this will include the use of telephony systems and IT systems whilst working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team. Analytical and organisational skills are a key factor to this role, an ability to work autonomously is essential following training, with support from the nursing team. The candidate will undertake risk assessments with patients following guidance and standard operating procedures, and should be able to travel across the Trust to apply this skills. Data collection and service development.
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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Expiry notice: This advert closes on Thursday 28 Aug 2025.
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