Registered Nursing Associate

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, including

GP'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.

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
• Insulin administration
• Pressure Area Care
• Venepuncture
• Removal of clips/sutures

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.

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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.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

• NMC Nursing Associate registration
• GCSE English (grade A-C) or equivalent
• GCSE Maths (grade A-C) or equivalent

• Ability to challenge poor 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 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
• Previous experience as a Healthcare Support Worker involved in direct patient care in a care environment

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.

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearpa pro rata, with enhancements for out of hours working