Nursing Associate | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2025 |
| Location: | Dunstable, LU54JD |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7166566/363-CHB7166566 |
Summary
Would you like to work for an Outstanding Trust that values its staff? Are you committed to the delivery of high quality patient care; and are you keen to be part of a friendly and progressive integrated community team where your ideas and opinions are valued? If so we would like to hear from you.
We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Band 4 Nursing Associate to work within our South Bedfordshire Primary Home Care Team. . This is an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within the community nursing setting, with the possibility of being supported to complete your Nursing qualification. You will have the opportunity to be involved in facilitating self-care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery and staff wellbeing.
You will be part of a MDT team in which you will receive clinical and managerial support, which is also part of a wider MDT team that is aligned to social care professionals in reflection of the NHS 10 year plan.
You will be responsible for delivering quality care to a designated caseload of people in the place that they call home, you will be following a care plan devised by the community nursing staff who you will be working alongside. You will be asked to feedback concise information in a daily handover to ensure changing needs are met and risks escalated.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Our Trust is known for offering excellent training, personal development programmes, supportive coaching and competency frameworks; all to support enhanced skills and career development which meet the goals and aspirations of the individual.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to be flexible and assist colleagues to cover service needs, which will include working across the wider integrated team. Access to a car in order to carry out service duties is essential.
A full induction programme will be provided.
Location: South Bedfordshire (Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
We have posts available to work alongside the Dunstable community nursing team delivering care to people living in Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Caddington, Toddington and surrounding villages and the Leighton Buzzard Community nursing team, delivering care to people living in Leighton Buzzard, Linslade, Hockliffe and the surrounding villages.
The Community Nursing Service operates between 08.00 to 21.00 hours and the working pattern will include a variety of rotational shifts which will include weekend, evening and Bank Holiday working.
We have the following posts available:
1 x Full time positions (37.5 hours per week)
1 x Part time positions (29.25 Hours per week)
This advert closes on Thursday 22 May 2025