Nursing Associate - Stockport, United Kingdom - Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
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Stockport, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

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Band 4- Nurse Associate, 37.5 hours per week


We have an exciting new role for an enthusiastic Nurse Associate to join our friendly and dynamic children's complex care team.

The service is made up of 4 teams,


The continuing care team, who provide care in the home for children with complex needs and provide 1-1 care in the school setting.

The Long Term Ventilation Team who provide home packages of care for children who require ventilation to assist their breathing

Swanbourne Gardens, a 4 bedded unit that provides overnight respite for children with complex needs.

The Palliative Care Team who care for children who require palliative care and end of life care.

You will be fully supported by our team of experienced band 6 nurses. As a team we strive to provide the children we support with high standards of care. We work in collaboration with the families to support the children and enhance their quality of life.


As the Nurse Associate for the team you will have a breadth of knowledge of child development and be able to provide holistic, person and family centred care for our children.

You will help bridge the gap between Health Care Assistants and Registered nurses by being able to work independently under the leadership of the registered nurses within the Complex Care Team.

You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

You will monitor the health needs of the children within your care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team.


You will assist with teaching and assessing the competencies required for the staff to deliver day to day care for the children with complex health needs, these cares will include tracheostomies, gastrostomies and ventilation support.

You would be expected to provide supervision and support for the band 3 support workers.


We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.

We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important.

We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.


Benefits we offer to you:

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice


Responsible for:

Supporting the delivery of bespoke packages of care for children living in Stockport who have complex medical care needs.

The post holder will be part of a wider team of staff trained to maintain the safety and wellbeing of these children in their own homes.


You will play a key role in the supervision and assessment of all learners and unregistered staff, providing a teaching role and acting as a named supervisor.


The post holder will be responsible for helping to manage the care of children who access the long term ventilation team.


The post holder will be responsible for liaison with wider MDT to improve outcomes for the children and their families.


The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.


  • If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary


In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

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