Nurse Associate
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 6HS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A1371-25-0003 |
Summary
The following are the core responsibilities of the Nursing Associate in delivering health services: Deliver high quality, compassionate care while undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professional) with a focus on promoting good health and independence Provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required Work as part of the MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision and ensure delivery of nursing associate duties Improve the safety and quality of care at every opportunity Contribute to the delivery of integrated care Work with a supervisor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace and enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care Develop relationships across the MDT to support the integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED codes Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse including appropriate coding Provide flu vaccinations, venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check Provide support during minor operations as required