Nursing Associate - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
Band - Nursing Associate, Belsize PrioryAs a Nursing Associate working in a Community Camden Integrated North Neighbourhood Team, based at Gospel Oak Health Centre.
You will provide nursing interventions to a range of housebound patients and help to manage their care supported by a skilled team of nurses.
We are proactive in looking for innovative nursing associates who will facilitate both the implementation and development of new ways of working and want to progress their career.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
We also have a range of Clinical Practice Educators and Professional Leads who are on hand for supervision and support.
You will also work alongside Complex Care Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, pharmacy technicians, students and a you will have a dedicated mentor.
As well as your integrated care colleagues, you will have access to and support from the wider expertise of our specialist teams including Evening and Overnight Nursing team, early supported discharge team, Rapid Response, Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, bladder & bowel, community stroke and neurology team, respiratory, heart failure and diabetes teams as well as the in-patient wards: who all aim to work very collaboratively.
Benefits of working as a nursing associate for CNWL Camden:
Inner London weighting
Training and career development opportunities
Opportunities for research and audit to support innovative practice
Open to flexible working patterns
Good opportunity for progression
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing integrated high quality, innovative healthcare.
Our track record in recruiting only the best people is well known, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
Camden is a vibrant home to one of London's most visited tourist attractions: the markets, streets and shops that have grown around Camden Lock and its associated music venues.
Camden as a Borough is diverse, containing Hampstead Heath and its famous swimming ponds, Holborn and parts of the West End, as well as a very colourful culture, ethnic makeup and a very wide socio-economic make up.
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.
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.
Contribute to the provision of care for people, including those with complex needs.
Patient Care
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.
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.
Administer medications
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