About this role
Job summary
Knowsley Treatment Rooms are looking to recruit a full time permanent Band 4 Nursing associate to join our team.In return we offer the opportunity to be part of an exciting, challenging and developing service, with the ability to work autonomously within a robust framework of regular support, supervision and training opportunities. The person we will choose must have experience in either a treatment room setting or worked with a district nursing team
The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurse to assess, plan, organise and deliver clinical care in line with service and patient needs, as agreed with supervising clinicians.
Nursing Associates are accountable professionals who are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct. They must meet the NMC standards of proficiency and recognise and work within the limits of their competency.
Main duties of the job
Wound care
Administering injections
Performing Dopplers
Applying Compression bandages
Ear irrigation
Removal of sutures/clips
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Wound care
Administering injections
Performing Dopplers
Applying Compression bandages
Ear irrigation
Removal of sutures/clips
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
- Intermediate IT skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Skills in audit and improvement methodology or willing to undertake
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member under appropriate supervision
- Ability to work independently and to use own initiative as appropriate and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to deal with non routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
Desirable
- Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff
- Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice as outlined in the Code
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing (Making Every Contact Count)
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved programme
- NMC Registered as a Nursing Associate
Desirable
- Additional post registration qualification relevant to field of practice
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
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Knowsley Treatment Rooms
Knowsley
L36 6GA
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)