Registered Nurse Associate

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse Associate to join our Paediatric Critical Care team.

PCC includes 17 co-located Level 2 and 3 critical care beds, delivering specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre and have a vast number of medical and surgical specialities.

OUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team 24/7.

Is a team of experienced nurses who support all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children across the children's hospital, emergency department, and neonatal unit, following up and supporting children and families following discharge.

Is provided through a structured competency‑based development programme. Clinical and leadership career development pathways are available. We have a growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners who work across PCCU and SORT services at OUH.

• Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS Values and those of the OUHFT.
• Work as part of a designated nursing team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual, supporting registered nurses and non registered practitioners.
• Be able to appropriately delegate tasks to non registered practitioners.
• Carry out specific delegated health care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency.
• Take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace.
• Have the ability to deliver care independently in line with the individual's defined plan of care, within the parameters of practice of the nursing associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed.
• Provide, promote and where appropriate advocate for non‑discriminatory, person‑centred and sensitive care at all times that is high quality, compassionate and safe with a focus on promoting health and independence.
• Recognise and report any factors that may adversely impact safe and effective provision of care and know when and how to escape any concerns when required.
• Be accountable for their own actions, working within the limitations of their role.
• Take responsibility for their own learning and continued professional development.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more at

The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH You Tube channel.

• Registered Nursing Associate on Nursing and Midwifery register.
• Evidence of the nursing associate qualification (higher apprenticeship and/or a relevant Foundation Degree programme).
• Care certificate completion.

• Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Evidence of working in multi‑disciplinary…