Registered Nursing Associate - Gainsborough, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

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Gainsborough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Lincolnshire Community Heath Services are looking for Registered Nursing Associates or soon to be Registered Nursing Associates to join their Gainsborough Community Nursing Team

The positions are available on a full or part time basis across a 7 day period. We cover the hours of 8:00am to 6:30pm predominantly using Early and Late shifts.

We offer a 12-week induction programme for our new starters to support them in settling into their new role and provide development opportunities.

A preceptorship programme is also delivered for our newly qualified staff.

As a Registered Nursing Associate within the community nursing team you will be responsible for contributing to the assessment, planning & delivery of care to patients in their own homes & care homes with a degree of autonomy.

You will therefore need to possess excellent communication and organisational skills and be motivated & flexible in your approach to care delivery.

You must hold a range of clinical skills suitable for the work environment and be willing to learn & develop into the role.

'Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.

Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.

Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

For full details of the responsibilities of this position we would encourage you to review the attached Job Description.

Some of the main clinical duties include;
Wound care including assessment and dressing of complex wounds

Administration of medications

Catheterisations, catheter care & continence assessments

Palliative care, and

Overseeing a small caseload with the support of a case manager