Nursing Associate

We are looking to recruit a friendly, motivated, newly qualified or experienced Nurse Associate. The successful candidate will have a background of working in a primary care setting.

This position will be based at our NPC Nelson site, which is part of NPC North Tyneside practice . The successful candidate will be providing a high level of care to patients of NPC practices. This is a post for a part time position. Working patterns would be considered and explored further at interview stage.

Northumbria Primary Care (NPC) is a developing, dynamic organisation with a clear vision for Primary Care service delivery. We are pushing the boundaries of how we deliver our services, which is facilitating greater opportunities for our staff.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

The candidate will continue to undertake aspects of the Health Care Assistant role whilst further developing the skills gained as part of their nurse associate training.

• You will undergo an extensive training programme working towards, but not limited to, dressing management and wound care, administration of injections, chronic disease management, lifestyle advice, cervical screening.
• You will utilise your skills to support the nurses and GPs in clinic, including minor surgery and women's health.
• You will help manage infection control and stock levels and participate in quality improvement and audits.

Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.

Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Responsibilities will include:

• Wound care - simple dressings and wound checks. Stitch removal.
• Injections
• Chronic Disease Management
• Lifestyle Advice
• Cervical Screening
• NHS health check - part one and two
• Help manage Infection Control & monitoring stock levels and ordering.

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree qualification
• Level 1 in Math's and English or equivalent

• Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice
• GCSE Grade A-C in Math's & English or level 2 Math's & English or equivalent

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name:
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: NPC Nelson, Cecil Street, North Shields, NE29 0DZ
, United Kingdom

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For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Karen Zipfell

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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.

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