# Nursing Associate - Cedar ward

**Company**: Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Chertsey
**Salary**: £29812.00 to £32715.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking for a knowledgeable, motivated, and skilled Band 4 Nursing Associate to join our team on the Cedar ward. You will work as part of the nursing and multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality care for patients with various medical needs.

Your main base will be at St. Peter's Hospital, with a requirement to work across the Ashford Hospital site and other Trust sites as needed. You will be responsible to the Nurse in charge, matrons, and Chief Nurse.

Key responsibilities include:

- Implementing and monitoring patient care following nursing care plans and patient pathways

- Reporting progress to registered practitioners

- Ensuring a welcoming, caring, and safe environment for patients and visitors

- Carrying out regular observations and proper documentation

- Identifying deteriorating patients and following escalation procedures

- Initiating basic life support for collapsed patients

- Assisting with safe transfers of patients and performing hospital transfers and handovers

- Providing clinical skills such as recording 12-lead ECGs, inserting peripheral cannulations, and venepuncture

The salary for this role is £29,812 to £32,715 per annum.

As a Nursing Associate, you will be expected to work within the boundaries of medication administration as per Trust guidelines and report any safeguarding issues or high-risk patients immediately.

The Trust offers a range of benefits, including NHS discounts and continuous professional development opportunities.

**Job Requirements:**

- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register with a Foundation Degree

- Must have passed through the post-foundation gateway

- Experience in managing discharge planning and groups of patients in ward areas

- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct, NMC Record Keeping Guidance, and the NHS Constitution

- Teaching and assessing skills, leadership skills, organising and planning skills, and ability to communicate effectively

**Desirable Qualifications:**

- Evidence of further training

- Previous NHS acute hospital experience

## Skills

### Required
- NMC Code of Conduct
- NMC Record Keeping Guidance
- NHS Constitution
- Teaching and assessing skills
- Leadership skills
- Organising and planning skills
- Basic numeracy skills
- Communication skills

### Nice to have
- Evidence of further training
- Previous NHS acute hospital experience

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