Registered Nurse Associate Oxford
Job description
Do you have an interest in working with people with older Adults? Do you thrive in a job that is different every day? Are you looking for opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge? Would you like to progress your career or become a band 5 nurse? Do you hold values in line with the Trust values in that you are caring and believe in safe and excellent care?
If the answer to any of the questions above is ‘yes’, we would love you to consider joining our multi-disciplinary inpatient team at Cherwell ward, Fulbrook Centre at the Churchill Site. We have an exciting opportunity for dynamic Registered Nurse Associates to join our inpatient nursing team. Cherwell ward is an inpatient ward which assesses and treats females over the age of 65 who are experiencing severe mental ill health, and/or living with dementia. The ward has 17 individual bedrooms. We are looking for dedicated Nursing Associates committed to high quality patient care.
The successful candidate should be enthusiastic, resourceful and caring, they should have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal . They will need to demonstrate a good awareness of mental health and knowledge of working with Older Adults with Mental Health problems. In addition you will need to be flexible, motivated and adaptable in a challenging environment.
The work involves shifts across 24 hours (including nights) and a variety of shift patterns and working arrangements are available including long days and long nights.
All nursing staff are required to complete the Trust Induction and Positive Engagement and Caring Environments training upon their appointment as a condition of employment.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We will offer opportunities for professional development and opportunities to influence and contribute to service development. You will be provided with regular supervision, appraisal and support.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount.
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Assessment and planning of delegated car
- Monitoring of long-term conditions and well-being of service users including escalation of interventions when necessar
- Assist with the implementation and monitoring of clinical care and monitor outcome
- Administering of Medication in accordance within regulatory guidelines for Nursing Associate
- Undertake onward referrals to appropriate services and community based care suppor
- Assist in specific therapeutic relations to meet the physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.
Promoting health and preventing ill health:
- Empathise with, and support people to improve and maintain their mental and physical health and wellbeing
- Pro-actively prevent and protect against disease and ill health
- Engage in public health, community development, and in the reduction of health inequalities.
- Provide compassionate, effective care and support to people in a range of care settings
- Monitor the condition and health needs of people on a continual basis in partnership with people, families, and carers
- Contribute to ongoing assessment recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, service users and carers providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for care
- Recognise and report any incidents that could result in poor care outcomes.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary teams and with external partners and agencies
- Recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the Registered Nurse or other senior care professionals as appropriate
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with nurses, a range of other health and care professionals and lay carers
- Supervise and co-mentor to healthcare assistants, support workers, carers, trainee nursing associates and, when appropriate pre-registered healthcare students.
- Assist in therapeutic relationships to the specific physical, emotional, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers
- Improve the quality of care by contributing to the continuous monitoring of people’s experience of care
- Implement and monitor current standards and procedures to ensure safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
- Identify risks to safety or standards in patient experience and take appropriate action, putting the best interests, needs and preferences of people first
- Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
- Provide person-centred care for people, including those with complex needs
- Engage with a range of professionals and carers from other organisations and settings who may be participating in the care of a person and their family
- Undertake a key role in relation to communication and collaboration.
- Undertake, promote and disseminate evidence based practice
- Undertake continuing clinical practice education as discerned by service leads and the Trust
- Act in the best interests of service users, carers, families and communities cared for
- Use knowledge and experience to make evidence based decisions and solve problems
- Recognise and work within the limits of their competence
- Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
- Participate in Quality Improvement activities
- Be responsible for own actions
- Act professionally at all times.
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
