Trainee Nursing Associate - Huddersfield, United Kingdom - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

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Huddersfield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The Trainee Nursing Associate (TNA) will work towards progression into the post of a registered Nursing Associate through the successful completion of a two-year level 5 foundation degree training programme, with partnership from the University of Huddersfield.

The TNA will deliver high quality, compassionate care under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professional dependant on setting) with a focus on promoting health and independence.

The TNA programme combines and integrates both academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers.

The TNA will be based, as an employee, within CHFT in a specific setting, but will experience working in alternative settings across Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield, in order to gain a wide appreciation of heath and care contexts, and fulfil the requirements of the programme.

The Trainee Nursing Associate role requires attendance on a 2-year full time apprenticeship programme. This is run in partnership with the University of Huddersfield and follows a working whilst learning model.

During the programme you will be expected to complete academic study, practical hours within your base area within CHFT, and alternative placements across the West Yorkshire partnership to gain experience in various settings.

Upon completion of the programme, the TNA will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a Nursing Associate and will work to the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct.

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisation and personal development focus.

With over 5'500 employees and a turnover of £310 million, the Trust provides a comprehensive range of secondary care services to the people of Calderdale and Huddersfield and has an exceptional reputation for service delivery.

Main Tasks

The Trainee Nursing Associate will be involved in care across the lifespan (preconception to end of life), with an approach towards health and wellbeing that actively contributes to the delivery of holistic care. Holistic care, across lifecourse, is a wholeperson approach which considers, and equally values1, physical, psychological, and public health needs, learning disabilities, social, economic, spiritual, and other factors in the assessing, planning and delivery of care.
The overall outcome from the Trainee Nursing Associate programme is a Nursing Associate that is fit to practice in the widest range of settings, as well as being equipped with the specific knowledge, skills and attitudes required for the context in which they are employed.

Clinical Duties

Work as part of a designated clinical and care team, delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual.
Develop an understanding of all the elements of the nursing process, being able to assist the registered nurse in the ongoing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
Support individuals with all aspects of care, including daily living, providing personcentred care, and promoting health and independence, and care navigation to other professional as appropriate.
Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate, pulse rate, capillary refill, and oxygen saturations, escalating concerns in an appropriate and timely manner.
Accurately record nutritional and fluid intake.
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 registered care professionals as appropriate.
Report back and share information with the registered nurses on the condition, behaviour, activity, and responses of individuals.
Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.
Assist in the assessment of and contribute to the management of risk across several areas within the environment where care is being delivered.
Assist in the implementation of appropriate care to meet the specific physical, emotional, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.
Assist in the delivery of complex care as prescribed by the registered nurse.
Develop understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions, for example, long term health conditions, mental illnesses and learning disabilities.
Develop skills in relation to coaching/teaching individuals/carers/other staff.
Assist with the implementation and monitoring of clinical standards and outcomes.
Develop a working knowledge of other providers' resources and referral systems to ensure individual's needs are met, within parameters of practice.
Engage in reflective practice, including mana