Nursing Associate

Posting date08 April 2026

Closing date08/05/2026 14:30:36

SalaryNegotiable

LocationRushden, NN10 9TR

CompanyNHS Jobs

Job typePermanent

HoursFull Time

Reference18152301

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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 Lead/Deputy Lead Practice Nurse 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

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