Nursing Associate - Surrey Downs H&C | Surrey Downs Health and Care
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,405 - £28,976 per annum inc Fringe HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | EPSOM, Surrey,, KT18 5AL |
| Company: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6233478/343-SDHC-6038698 |
Summary
Surrey Downs Health & Care
We have exciting opportunities for a Nursing Associate to work for Epsom PCN within Surrey Downs Health & Care. If you are passionate about caring for people and making a difference within your community, we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for Nursing Associates from all backgrounds including newly qualified, those more experienced, looking for a change, maybe wanting to work locally, excited by the difference of being out within the community with the benefits and challenges that brings.
Please note these roles require post holders to hold a current and valid driving licence enabling them to drive in the UK and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
We have our own Learning & Development Department that have a range of different courses and development plans that give you the opportunity to grow your career.
Nursing associates are expected to apply evidence based best practice across all procedures. The ability to carry out these procedures, safely, effectively, with sensitivity and compassion.
• Coordinate and participate in specialist care e.g. wound care, Doppler testing, phlebotomy, bladder screening and clinical activities, under the supervision and guidance of Registered Nurses
• Undertake diagnostic tests on request of District Nurses, Community Matron or GP’s e.g. for chronic disease monitoring programmes. This may include home visiting or responsibility for coordinating repeat or regular testing for residents in residential homes
• Undertake clinical interventions as delegated by a senior team member
• Participate in the assessment process of care needs and implementation of programmes of holistic care within set standards
• To be involved in supporting, educating and informing family/carers where appropriate
• Assist in the promotion of health and wellbeing of patients
• Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to SDHC procedures.
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
The job description has been included in the job advertisement. Feel free to contact us for additional information or drop by for an informal meet with our team. To take up this opportunity, please call 01372735764 and ask to speak to Kathy Scorer (Operational Manager) or Naomi Howard (Clinical Lead).
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024