Nursing Associate (Band 4)
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 7RG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0085-25-0013 |
Summary
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Promote and maintain the philosophy of the hospice. Make decisions based upon knowledge and experience and be accountable for those decisions in the absence of the senior members of staff. Promote and maintain high quality patient care by acting as a role model for more junior staff. Ensure that all nursing care is carried out in accordance with Nursing & Midwifery Council scope of professional practice and work in accordance with the Code of Conduct Assist in the delivery of Specialist Palliative Care to patients / families. Ensure standards are maintained at all times. Under the supervision of and working in partnership with a registered nurse, provide and monitor a high standard of nursing care based on evidence, contributing to the ongoing assessment of patients and working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team. Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients in a range of care settings. Monitor the condition and health needs of hospice patients on a continual basis, in partnership with patients, families and carers, ensuring appropriate escalation to a registered nurse when required. Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical and behavioural health and wellbeing. Promote comfort and wellbeing by ensuring that patients personal and social needs, as well as nursing needs, are met. Safely undertake the following routine procedures to meet patients nursing needs, to include: measuring and interpreting blood glucose levels, recording and interpreting vital signs, continence care, bladder and bowel care, pressure area care, wound care, nutrition, hydration, foot care, skin integrity, mood identification (as outlined in the NMC Nursing Associate Skills Annex) Identify and report changes in a patients condition to a registered nurse. Prioritise and manage own workload, recognising where elements of care can safely be delegated to other colleagues, carers and family members. Provide and receive sensitive information concerning a patients medical condition. Work with the registered nurses and engage with other agencies and community teams to ensure a safe, individualised approach to the admission and discharge of patients. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records, in line with hospice policy and the NMC Code. Provide effective evidence based care for service users under the supervision of registered nurses, in order to perform non-complex activities, in line with clinical governance and professional standards. Comply with NMC regulations relating to revalidation, in order to maintain NMC registration. Actively participate in and attend ward meetings. ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES To adhere to all Bury Hospice standards, policies and procedures. To take responsibility for own personal learning and development, and to support the learning and development of others and the organisation as a whole; a commitment to completing all training required and refreshing training as appropriate. To conduct all work in a manner reflective of the organisational values and behaviours. To comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); an understanding of and commitment to the appropriate handling of all confidential data. To raise and escalate any safeguarding concerns appropriately and in accordance with Bury Hospices Safeguarding Policy. To implement Bury Hospices Health & Safety policy, ensuring all duties are carried out using safe and appropriate working practices in adherence with statutory regulations and guidelines. To promote awareness of, and respect for, equality and diversity in accordance with Bury Hospice policies and procedures. To follow Hospice processes in relation to incident reporting with the understanding that this enables continual learning and improvement across all operations. To protect service users, visitors, employees and volunteers by observing Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures. To embrace the organisational culture of volunteering and to understand the responsibilities of all employees in relation to role managing volunteers. To organise your own work and to ensure that it is accurate, meeting all quality targets and required deadlines. To actively engage in fundraising within the Hospice and for the hospice. This job description is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirements of the role. The line manager may stipulate other reasonable requirements; the job description will be reviewed regularly and may be subject to change.