Nursing Associate; DN OoH

Position: Nursing Associate (DN OoH)

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated, forward-thinking registered Nursing Associates to work within the District Nursing service working within a team, providing home-based care led by District Nurses. The permanent roles are on the Out of Hours team, which is based at Claire House in Ince.

Posts on offer

• 33 hours on night service (shifts between  Monday to Sunday);
• 20 hours on evening service (shifts between  Monday to Sunday)

You must hold the Nursing Associate Foundation degree with NMC registration and have community experience.

As the role involves visiting patient homes & clinics across the Trust every day, postholders must state in their application if they have access to a car with suitable business insurance
. If you do not mention this in your application, you will not be considered for the post.

Please note: This post is part-time and does not meet the minimum salary threshold required for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route so not all applicants who require sponsorship will be eligible. Those seeking sponsorship are advised to check the current visa requirements on the  website before applying.

Previous applicants will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

It is anticipated that this role will continue to develop through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge and competencies to be determined within the clinical teams, with focus on client need.

Please Note:
Candidates will be asked to provide original qualification certificates to the interview panel. An Enhanced DBS with Adults Barred List check will be obtained for the successful candidate during pre-employment checks.

This vacancy may close earlier than the given date if a high level of suitable applications is received.

This vacancy is based in the community division so you will need to be able to travel to Ashton, Wigan and Leigh.

Working for our organisation

Choose Well – Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Planning and Organisational Duties

• To undertake the delivery of nursing care as delegated by the DN team manager/Team Leader, for example, clinical skills such as catheterisation, carried out in patient’s homes.
• To work at all times in accordance with all Trust policies, procedures and protocols specific to the service.
• To provide high quality, sensitive and competent care for patients, by demonstrating practical and ongoing application of your underpinning knowledge, as appropriate to your AP qualification. For example, decision on wound care, treatments or whether to catheterise a patient.
• To maintain accurate patient care records in accordance with the Trust Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.
• To be involved in aspects of progressive information technology, i.e. inputting data for system one and communication tools as appropriate practice, within the District Nursing Service.
• To contribute to the administration duties required by the service. For example, telephone enquiries, filing patient’s notes.
• To ensure information is accurate and up to date for future reference and complies with Data Protection Act.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Person

specification Qualification Essential criteria

• Foundation degree in health…