Nursing Associate - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom - West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join our Outpatients team.

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join a team of dedicated and enthusiastic staff members who strive to deliver care of the highest quality.


STAFF CAR PARKING


Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 - 18:30.

This role is eligible to park on site.


The main duties of the Nursing Associate include:
Support Consultants and patients in the Outpatient's clinic.

To be responsible for setting up and the general running of all clinics, including

  • Plastic dressings clinics
  • Support in the ultrasound room in the breast clinic
  • Pain Clinic
  • Specialist ENT clinics
To support new staff and any learners in the department.

BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community


We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk.

We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.


The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward).

It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.


Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.


We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.


With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work.

Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Nursing Associates are responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes of care.


They are expected to give help and support to the Nursing Assistants and to act as a role model using their own initiative and to work independently within the bounds of their existing knowledge and skill.


They need to use effective verbal and written communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team within own department and the wider clinical area and to engage in effective communication with patients, relatives and visitors.


They are responsible for delivering high standards of patient care based on evidence-based practice and have a professional duty to update and develop their professional practice.

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