Nursing Associate - ACHT - Aylesbury

Job description

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate to join the Aylesbury Adult Community Healthcare Team.

The successful candidate will be part of the friendly and proactive community team. Working in collaboration to provide a high standard of nursing care in the community.

The role will be supporting the Community Nurses in a wide range nursing activities. These include admission prevention, facilitating discharges from hospital and end of life care. It will involve amongst other tasks holistic patient assessment, medication administration, wound and pressure area care and catheter management.

We offer a preceptorship programme for newly qualified nursing associates, an extensive orientation programme, with the support of the advanced community practitioners and the practice development team.

Training and support will be given to achieve your competencies.

Main duties of the job

• Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to people in a range of care settings.
• Contribute to ongoing assessment of patients, recognising when it is necessary to refer and escalate to a Registered Nurse for reassessment
• Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with people, families and carers
• Record all care delivered appropriately and contemporaneously. Documentation must be clear, concise and legible. Any documentation must also be signed and dated.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over
  responsibility for care.
• Communicate effectively with patients when delivering cares, providing advice where appropriate.
• Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes
• Understand, encourage and complete the necessary paperwork to enable discharge/transfers in a safe and timely manner.

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