Nursing Associate - Wakefield, United Kingdom - Conexus Healthcare Ltd

Conexus Healthcare Ltd

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Wakefield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Closing Date - 28th February 2023

Job summary

We are West Wakefield Primary Care Network and we are developing a wide range of services to support general practices and patients in our PCN across the Wakefield district.

We would like you to come and join our Nursing Associate team providing a mix of practice (the majority of the time) and community based services to patients including housebound, care homes, and CVD outreach.

You will join a supportive team, have the opportunity to work independently under the leadership of registered nurses, and have lots of opportunities to undertake training and develop your role so that you can provide a comprehensive service with a broad range of skills.

Ideally you will have completed your Nursing Associate training and be registered with the NMC.

We will provide a supportive learning environment, especially structured in the first preceptorship year.

We will help you set out and revise specific educational goals and ensure you receive appropriate clinical supervision, you will receive regular appraisals.

You will be supported to attend agreed CPD.

We are committed to improving the care provided to patients, reducing health inequalities and raising the quality and standards of GP practice.

This role will enable you to deliver person-centred co-ordinated care, and support implementation of the NHS long-term plan.

You will be employed by Conexus Healthcare Limited the local GP confederation.

Main duties of the job
We will provide a supportive learning environment, especially structured in the first preceptorship year. We will help you set out and revise specific educational goals and ensure you receive appropriate clinical supervision. You will be supported and encouraged to attend CPD enabling you to grow and develop within the role.

We recognise and value the importance of Nurse Associates as part of our wider clinical team which comprises a wide range of colleagues including Care Co-ordinators, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Social Prescribing Link Workers, Advanced Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians; alongside the wider team including the Practices, Community Pharmacy, the Voluntary and Community Sector, as well as statutory service providers including the CCG.

The role will assist the registered staff:

To compliment the role of the GP and other Health Professionals as an integral part and key member of the care team.

To make the best use of clinical skills within the practice in order to promote well-being and maximise health gain for patients.

To provide a safe, high quality and accessible treatment room service to the practice population.

Please see the attached Job description and personal specification for further information.

About us

West Wakefield is a Primary Care Network of 5 practices; we are a network of forward-thinking General Practices covering circa 68,000 patients in the West Wakefield area.

Conexus Healthcare Limited is the Confederation for general practice in Wakefield, we have four areas of work.

1.Delivery of highquality publicfacing Health and Wellbeing services across the

Wakefield District:
_We develop, manage and deliver health and care services that support the population of the whole Wakefield district

Delivery of Training, Development and Consultancy support across the United Kingdom:
_We design and deliver a range of training courses, development activity and provide advice and guidance.

3.Supporting Our Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs):_We support general practices and PCNs across the Wakefield district to be more resilient, sustainable and deliver better patient care.
4.

Providing a voice and influence for General Practice in the Health and Care System:

_We provide a forum to develop a unified voice for General Practice and support general practices to cooperate and work collaboratively.

Built within primary care, for primary care, Conexus Healthcare Limited works with local GPs and their practices to champion investment in and deliver effective primary care at scale.

By connecting in this way, we are stronger, more resilient and can care effectively for over 370,000 local people together.

Job description

Job responsibilities
The post will evolve as we develop our services but you will be required to undertake the following duties in practice, patient's homes, care homes, and in the community:

To undertake all duties in line with the training and instruction provided by the Practice Nurse and General Practitioners in Practice
Assistance at clinics ensuring patient care by chaperoning and assisting patients to dress and undress.
Conduct weight and height measurements, test and record blood pressure and blood sugar levels, pulse rate and temperature.
Treatment room duties in line with competency e.g. Suture/clip removal, Basic wound care, ECG. Phlebotomy, Urinalysis, Venepuncture and the taking and preparing of patholo