registered nurse Fleet, South East England, England
Job description
We require a Band 4 Nursing Associate to work independently under the guidance and direction of a Registered Nurse in order to provide efficient and effective evidence based nursing care to patients in their own homes.
Applicants must have a qualification as a Nursing Associate as well as excellent clinical, communication and team working skills.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme and excellent on going professional development opportunities
Car driver is essential with access to a vehicle for work.
Mileage expenses are claimable using the trust expenses system.
To assist members of the community nursing team including our primary care colleagues to maintain patient’s fundamental needs and ensure patient safety.
To carry out duties in support of a registered nurse and wider clinical teams.
To assist with a range of non-clinical duties.
To support the nurse in charge in completing home visits for existing patients on the caseload and any new referrals to the community nursing caseload.
To be competent within their scope of practice and continue to develop through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge and competencies determined by the individual clinical area.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for more detailed information on the role of a nursing associate in community nursing.
We welcome newly qualified and existing nursing associates to apply for this role.
We have a practice development nurse who will also support you with your development and future career plans.
