Nursing Associate - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Preston, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you looking to develop your skills as a Nursing Associate / Assistant Practitioner? Looking to progress further within your career in healthcare? If you are eager to learn and develop new skills in a Vascular care setting, or just looking for the NEXT BIG CHALLENGE? Then this role is for you

Our ward is a busy proactive 33 bedded area specialising in Vascular Surgery. We provide diagnostics and treatment, Pre and Post operatively for Vascular patients with both acute and chronic Vascular problems.

We are an established team and although it is a very busy and demanding ward we work closely as a team and deal with the day-to-day pressures with positivity and high levels of energy.

We love making a difference and working together as a close family to gain the rewards of making our patients journey enjoyable and successful.

To do this, we are looking for Nursing Associates / Assistant Practitioners with a genuine interest in Acute Surgery to join us.

You will be responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients and a range of clinical duties under the guidance and supervision of the Team Leader/Nurse in charge.

Experience of working with Surgical patients in a hospital setting would be beneficial.

You will need to be flexible in your working hours to work shifts/unsocial hours including nights as required.

You must have a willingness to undertake further training to support the team in the management of patients with Vascular conditions.

We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.

Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Contribute to the assessment, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients' needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence-based guidelines under supervision.

Support and provide patient education and health promotion.
Support the delivery and coordination of care, through appropriate professional practice.
Contribute to the management of risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care.
Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.
Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation.
Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
Ensures environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
Maintain and develop own professional competence and skills within scope of role.
Actively participates in the appraisal and Personal development planning process as reviewee.
Proactively supports Trust wide or local changes and developments in nursing practice e.g intentional rounding, alcohol screening as directed etc.
Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager