About this role
Job summary
Are you a Registered Nursing Associate? Looking to venture into the community setting? If so, then the City District Nursing Team have a new and exciting opportunity for you.
The team is currently recruiting a band 4 Registered Nursing Associate to join our supportive and dedicated team. We are a supportive and hard-working team, providing care and support to patients in their own homes.
We work closely with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, includingGP's, Palliative Care Nurses, Therapy Teams, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
You will be equipped for mobile working and will be provided with a laptop and smartphone, meaning that you will have access to patient data and are able to complete patient documentation and paperwork in real-time.
We would welcome applications from experienced and newly qualified Nursing Associates. You will be supported within the role, to achieve all clinical competencies within your professional scope of practice, through our Integrated Care Academy.
The district nursing service operates between the hours of 8am-8pm and the post holder will be required to work shifts between 8am-8pm, including weekends.
Main duties of the job
Our aim is to provide treatment and support to patients in their own homes. Whilst undertaking an holistic nursing assessment, we aim to encourage patients to remain as independent as possible, in order to prevent hospital admissions.
Due to the nature of this role, the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post are essential.
Main duties of this role include, but are not limited to;
Medication Administration Wound Care Insulin administration Catheterisation & Catheter Management Pressure Area Care Venepuncture Removal of clips/sutures Leg ulcer management
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
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities Essential
Ability to challenge poor behaviour Role modelling good behaviour Ability to praise and be supportive to others Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats with patients, relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team Computer literate with applications such as work/Microsoft office including email Able to support and reassure patients/carers in distress
Experience Essential
Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team Experience in prioritising own workload Experience in working without direct supervision
Desirable
Previous experience as a Healthcare Support Worker involved in direct patient care in a care environment
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 Vaughan Building
Ruckhall Lane
Hereford
HR2 9RP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)