Nursing Associate Outpatients

Job summary
Are you a passionate and motivated Nursing Associate looking for an exciting new opportunity? Why not bring your skills, enthusiasm and compassion to our Outpatients Department at Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre?
We are looking for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join our welcoming and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a varied outpatient environment, caring for patients across a range of specialities and playing a key role in delivering a safe, effective and positive patient experience.
Working in Outpatients offers the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, expand your knowledge and gain valuable experience across different areas of care. You will work alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team, contributing to high-quality patient care while supporting the smooth running of our services.
We are looking for someone who is caring, enthusiastic, organised and committed to delivering excellent patient-centred care. You will be supported to develop within your role and encouraged to make the most of opportunities to learn and grow professionally.
If you are ready for a new challenge and want to be part of a team where your skills, ideas and contribution are valued, we would love to hear from you.

• Deliver safe, patient-centred care to outpatients, working within the Nursing Associate scope of practice and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Undertake a range of clinical assessments and observations
  , including NEWS, blood glucose, ECGs and others, recognising deterioration and escalating appropriately.
• Perform clinical procedures within competence, including venepuncture, cannulation, compression bandaging and supporting investigations and treatments.
• Support patient flow through Outpatients
  , including preparation, assessment, treatment, admission/transfer and discharge.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and the multidisciplinary team
  , providing information, reassurance and appropriate handovers while maintaining dignity, confidentiality and patient choice.
• Maintain high standards of infection prevention, health and safety and risk management
  , including reporting incidents, maintaining equipment and a safe clinical environment.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team
  , including supporting and appropriately delegating to HCSWs and contributing to the induction and development of new staff and students.
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement and service development
  , helping implement changes and maintain high standards of care within the department.
• Maintain professional development and competence
  , including acting as an assessor/practice assessor, completing mandatory training and keeping practice up to date.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

The post holder is a member of the direct care team and will provide advanced support to the registered nurse to meet patients needs. You will be responsible for providing care to patients as delegated by the registered nurse to ensure a seamless service to patients.

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