Registered Paediatric Nurse Associate - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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    Job summary

    This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual with plenty of initiative to join our team. If you have an interest in emergency nursing and share our enthusiasm for delivering high standards of care, we have a position for you.

    The qualified Registered Nurse Associate (RNA) will work as part of a team, planning, delivering and evaluating healthcare that focuses on the direct care of patients. The role will entail carrying out specific clinical tasks and responsibilities as delegated by a registered Nurse ensuring the highest standard of care is achieved whilst supporting patients, family and carers and the multi-disciplinary team. The Registered Nurse Associate has a required level of knowledge and skill beyond that of the traditional Nursing Assistant role. The Registered Nurse Associate will be able to deliver elements of health and social care and undertake clinical skills in domains that have previously been the remit of registered professionals.

    Although this is fast paced environment, we offer an excellent learning opportunities and support to gain new skills.

    If you are looking for a challenge then this may be for you.

    Main duties of the job

    We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, committed and motivated Registered Nurse Associates with excellent communication skills to join our nursing team with Childrens ED.

    You will work alongside our registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants focusing on providing high quality hands-on care for patients. You will deliver direct and fundamental care that is safe and effective within the scope of practice allowing registered nurses to focus on more complex tasks, assessment and advancing their practice.

    This is an exciting opportunity to develop the role within an innovative and open minded team committed to supporting you.

    We welcome informal visits

    About us

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here

    The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

    Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    As a member of the team in this enhanced role you will support and work closely with registered nurses to deliver a high standard of care to patients in a caring and safe environment with minimal supervision. You will develop skills to assist the clinical team in the assessment, monitoring and treatment of patients by undertaking specific clinical activities, performing and accurately recording and reporting appropriate tests as per protocol, for which you will have received training and deemed competent. In addition you will undertake roles as delegated by the registered nurse in charge and will be able to care for a group of patients with minimal supervision. Care for patients will be in accordance with set treatment protocols as directed by the nursing team. As part of these roles you will work towards taking responsibility for monitoring patient progression and making any adjustments to care plans as guided within set protocols and within your scope of practice. You will work with minimal supervision as part of a team, reporting back patient information and informing the registered nurse of any problems, and recording these discussions in the appropriate documentation as agreed.

    Person Specification

    Values and Behaviours

    Essential

  • Values and Behaviours - Able to demonstrate the ability to put patients at the heart of what you do and recognising different needs by encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork.
  • Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and learning from successes and setbacks.
  • Able to deliver a high standard of care for patients and always striving to improve on what you do through change and innovation.
  • Education, training and qualifications NMC registration
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of an ongoing NMC revalidation.
  • Hold a recognised NMC qualification in teaching and mentoring.
  • Post-graduate qualification related to an area of practice.
  • Evidence of achievement on a Nursing and Midwifery, (NMC) approved Mentorship qualification.
  • Clinical Practice - Articulate and knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice.
  • Articulate and knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice.
  • Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role
  • Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
  • Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. effectively in patient's notes and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Able to proactively contribute to the education of learners and non-registered and less experienced staff.
  • Able to proactively contribute to the education of learners and non-registered and less experienced staff.
  • Desirable

  • Clinical Practice - Competent to administer intravenous medicines
  • Competent to administer intravenous medicines
  • Competent in central venous access management
  • Competent in Ward specific skills (eg tracheosotomies, NIV)