Nursing Associate - ACHT

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate to join the Aylesbury Adult Community Healthcare Team.

The successful candidate will be part of the friendly and proactive community team. Working in collaboration to provide a high standard of nursing care in the community.

The role will be supporting the Community Nurses in a wide range nursing activities. These include admission prevention, facilitating discharges from hospital and end of life care. It will involve amongst other tasks holistic patient assessment, medication administration, wound and pressure area care and catheter management.

We offer a preceptorship programme for newly qualified nursing associates, an extensive orientation programme, with the support of the advanced community practitioners and the practice development team.

Training and support will be given to achieve your competencies.

• Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to people in a range of care settings.
• Contribute to ongoing assessment of patients, recognising when it is necessary to refer and elevate to a Registered Nurse for reassessment
• Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with people, families and carers
• Record all care delivered appropriately and contemporaneously. Documentation must be clear, concise and legible. Any documentation must also be signed and dated.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over
  responsibility for care.
• Communicate effectively with patients when delivering cares, providing advice where appropriate.
• Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes
• Understand, encourage and complete the necessary paperwork to enable discharge/transfers in a safe and timely manner.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities,alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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