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Job Overview

Modality Walsall Division PCN has a full-time vacancy for a Nurse Associate. The postholder will be part of the PCN Team working alongside out multi-disciplinary PCN workforce. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

This job is suitable for individuals who are problem-solvers, enjoy interacting with patients and service-users, have a passion for providing high quality customer service and ensuring patients have a positive experience.

The job is not suitable to people who are not resilient to working in a fast-paced environment, working flexibly in line with ever changing demands in Primary Care and the wider NHS or prefer a more traditional receptionist role.

As an employee with us you can benefit from

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathways

If you are interested in learning more, please read on.

The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurse to assess, plan, organise and deliver clinical care in line with service and patient needs, as agreed with supervising clinicians. The nursing associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan and across the fields of nursing, providing holistic and person-centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The nursing associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing care and within all aspects of the nursing process (Health Education England 2018) Nursing associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a nursing associate and will work to a nationally recognised Nursing and Midwifery Councils code of conduct (NMC) and must meet the NMC standards of proficiency.

The role is not a regular 9am-5pm job; the job requires innovation, flexibility and commitment and the postholder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks are completed

Overview of your organisation

We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. Most reception roles focus on patient or customer facing responsibilities. This is a role that will also equip you with a portfolio of administration skills associated with the reception back-office function within Primary Care, to make sustainable changes.

Job Description

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you have a passion for supporting patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement.

You will not enjoy this job if you are seeking a job that purely focuses solely on treatment as opposed to proactively identifying, diagnosing, and treating chronic conditions, you prefer the status quo and are comfortable with more traditional ways of working.

If you feel this is the ideal career and looking for a daily challenge, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.

Person Specification: What are the minimum requirements all candidates need to meet?

Qualifications and Experience:

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved nursing associate programme

Registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register

Knowledge

Significant evidence of CPD

Relevant experience in the field of area applied for

Relevant experience of working within a similar role, ideally within General Practice

Completion of training and study in the clinical areas relevant to the role applied for

Skills

Understanding the scope of the nursing associate role in the context of the multidisciplinary team and the organisation and how the role will contribute to service development.

Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Code.

Relevant knowledge related to best practice guidance for care of patients and their families. Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers

Relevant knowledge related to best practice guidance for care of patients and their families. Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers

Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice

IT literate and able to work with General Practice systems

Understanding the importance of following procedures and treatment plans

Skills in research and audit methodology

Well-organised, able to work well under pressure and cope with changing priorities and to deliver on tight timescales

Able to communicate effectively to individuals at all levels within and outside of the organisation

Personal Qualities

Confident and welcoming demeanour

Ability to work effectively under the supervision and guidance of the senior nursing team

Professional approach to work

Good telephone manner

Strong team player

Smart appearance

Exercises tact and discretion at all times

Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: From £21,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Walsall: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/06/2023