As such, if you don’t meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.

Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).

For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

As a Nurse Associate you are expected to:

• Understand and act in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates.
• Manage a delegated active caseload, working as a member of a skill mixed team, responsible for interacting constructively with team members and organising, prioritising and planning their work.
• Use a range of assessment tools pertinent to the patients’ needs, to inform the assessment and assess risk for both patients and staff, including the recognition and assessment of patients at risk of abuse, self-harm/and or suicidal ideation and the situations that may put themselves and others at risk. Provide advice and support to patients to enable them to make informed choices in areas such as: diet, smoking and alcohol.
• Understand when to seek appropriate advice to manage a risk and avoid compromising quality of care and health outcomes acting in line with local and national organisational frameworks, legislation and regulations to report risks, and implement actions as instructed.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively and responsibly access, input, and apply information and data using a range of methods including digital technologies, and share appropriately within interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise and manage their own workload, and recognise were elements of care can safely be delegated to other colleagues, carers and family members.
• Contribute to the provision of care for people, including those with complex needs.

Patient Care

• Provide sensitive, compassionate, safe and effective care to support people in a range of care settings, applying the principles and processes for making reasonable adjustments.
• Develop understanding of all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the Registered Nurse in the on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care.
• Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse.
• Undertake clinical tasks including catheterisation, venepuncture and ECGs. This is not an exhaustive list; additional competency based skills relevant to clinical area can be attained.
• Accurately record patient’s nutritional and fluid intake as per plan of care.
• Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
• Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the Registered Nurse or other Allied Healthcare Professionals as appropriate.
• Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained. To act and raise concerns when standards are not being maintained following local policy and procedures.
• Administer medications within local policy and procedure and in line with the NMC Standards of Proficiency.
• Recognise changes in a patients’ condition which require the intervention of others and understand when to refer to the supervising Registered Nurse and other senior colleagues for reassessment of patient care.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSEs Grade A-C in Maths and English or key skills level 2 in Maths and English
• Qualified Nursing Associate [NMC]

Desirable criteria

• L3 qualification in health or care related qualification e.g. NVQ Care certificate or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a health or caring setting

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Understand the role of the Nursing Associate
• Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
• Intermediate IT skills
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
• Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers
• Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development programme
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being (Making Every Contact Count)