Nursing Associate
| Posting date: | 12 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 December 2025 |
| Location: | Torquay, TQ1 3LA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5134-25-0006 |
Summary
The following are the core responsibilities of the Nursing Associate in delivering health services: a. 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 b. Provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals c. Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF d. Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required e. Work as part of the MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision and ensure delivery of nursing associate duties f. Improve the safety and quality of care at every opportunity g. Contribute to the delivery of integrated care h. 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 i. Provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices and those on learning assignments/placements as required j. Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care k. 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 l. Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED codes m. Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse including appropriate coding n. After undertaking additional training, provide flu vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role o. Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check p. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients q. Provide support during minor operations as required r. Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services s. Communicate proactively and effectively with all MDT colleagues, attending and contributing to meetings as required t. Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children u. Process pathology results as required v. Enhance own performance through continuous professional development, imparting own knowledge and behaviours to meet the needs of the service w. Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance x. Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed y. Contribute towards public health and screening programmes, including immunisations and vaccinations z. Support and deliver health promotion and wellbeing programmes including any opportunistic delivery aa. Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area bb. Be an integral part of the general practice team, working in each practice and across the PCN, as well as supporting the wider multi-disciplinary team cc. Recognise boundaries of practice and know when and to whom patients should be referred dd. Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems ee. Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf of the PCN ff. Support in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events gg. Undertake all mandatory training and induction programme There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels Wider responsibilities In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Nursing Associate has the following wider responsibilities: a. Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives enhancing service delivery and patient care b. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner c. Work to, and understand PCN and practice and departmental policies d. Act as a chaperone Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.