Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing Associate
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Nursing Associate Opportunity in Community Nursing Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate to join our Community Nursing Service in South East and Central Northumberland. The post is to cover a secondment for 12 months.
You will be an integral part of a community nursing team and our registered nurses will support you in delivering planned care to patients which will include wound care regimes, venepuncture, medication administration, catheterisation, and palliative care.
About the Role
- Integral part of a community nursing team
- Support from registered nurses in delivering planned care
- Care tasks include wound care regimes, venepuncture, medication administration, catheterisation, and palliative care
Commitment to Professional Development
We are committed to lifelong learning and offer support to enhance your knowledge and skills to further your professional development. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and experience within a supportive community team.
Application Process
- Note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
- Secondment roles: Before submitting an application, ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.
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Key Responsibilities
- Accountability: Exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Clinical Standards: Work within NHCFT policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure high clinical standards.
- Nursing Care: Contribute to all nursing care, providing care for people including those with complex needs.
- Team Collaboration: Work as a member of the nursing team under the direction of the Registered Nurse to provide and monitor care.
- Leadership: Role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
About Northumbria Healthcare
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.
Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
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Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
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Name: Natalie Jarvis
Job Title: Team Lead
Email Address: natalie.jarvis@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Telephone Number: 07974687915 -
Name: Rachel Douglas
Job Title: Community Matron
Email Address: rachel.douglas@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Telephone Number: 07812394715
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