Nursing Associate - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Interview Date: 09 August 2023

  • 28 hours 30 minutes /Week

Role responsibilities:


  • Develop advanced knowledge and skills within IPC
  • Provide support and specialist advise to a range of healthcare professionals
  • Manage IPC issues, liaising where appropriate, with other members of the IPC Team
  • Undertake clinical audit in IPC
  • Provide specialist education and training
  • Undertake surveillance in line with the Trust's Harm Free Care Agenda
  • Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for all essential and desirable criteria required for the role. Please note that a car and driving licence are essential for this crosssite and community role.


Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
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Nursing Associate (Job purpose):


  • Deliver high quality, compassionate care under the direction of a Registered Nurse (or other registered care professional dependent on setting) with a focus on promoting health and independence
  • Exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
  • To contribute to all nursing care, providing care for people including those with complex needs.
  • To abide by the Trust policies and procedures
  • Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS Values
  • Work as part of a designated clinical and care team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual
  • Carry out specific delegated clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the supervision of a registered nurse or other registered care professionals dependent on setting
  • Have the ability to work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the individual's defined plan of care, within the parameters of practice of the Nursing Associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed.

Assistant Practitioner (Job purpose):


  • To abide by Trust policies and procedures
  • To lead and coordinate a range of clinical and nonclinical tasks and responsibilities undertaken by Health Care Assistants
  • To be responsible for ensuring patient safety is assured while on duty.
  • To support the registered nurses and work under their direction or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality nursing care etc.
  • Be an effective part of the multidisciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
  • Continue to develop and maintain competencies in direct patient care to maintain high quality and safe standards.


As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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