About this role
Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Band 4 NMC Registered Nursing Associate who is passionate about caring for adults who have general nursing and rehabilitation needs, as well as those requiring end of life care. The successful candidate will become part of a friendly and dedicated team who are passionate about their patients and local community.
We are committed to finding the right candidate, so if you have excellent communication skills, a drive to provide holistic care for our patients and the willingness to grow and learn, we want to hear from you.
Staff wellbeing is of the upmost importance and we will endeavour to ensure that a good work/home life balance can be achieved.
For further details and informal visits, please contact:
Ward Manager Sarah Rogers 01989 652100, ext 1137.
Main duties of the job
The nursing associate will provide support to the registered nurse by caring for patients and enhance the quality of hands on care offered.
Nursing Associates will be accountable for their own practice. You should possess good interpersonal and time management skills, be a good communicator, organised and able to prioritise and work well as a member of a team.
Main focus of role is patient flow, admission and discharge focus to ensure productive and safe patient flow.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Foundation Degree Nursing Associate qualification NMC Nursing Associate registration GCSE English (grade A-C) or equivalent GCSE Maths (grade A-C) or equivalent
Desirable
IT qualifications Assessor qualification
Experience Essential
Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team Experience in prioritising own workload
Personal Attributes Essential
Put patient care at the heart of the work you do to improve health care and outcomes and service delivery Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible Be the best you can be, always look for ways to improve and develop to reach your potential
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Ross Community Hospital
Alton Street
Ross On Wye
HR9 5AA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)