Description
Cherry Ward at St Peter's Hospital in Surrey is looking for a compassionate, motivated, and skilled Band 4 Nursing Associate to join the Medical Division.
The successful candidate will work as part of the nursing and multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality care for patients presenting with various medical needs. You will practice under indirect supervision, contributing to the assessment, planning, and implementation of individual care for assigned patients under agreed pathways, ensuring safe practice and maintaining high standards of care.
Main Duties of the Job:
- Implement and monitor patient care following nursing care plans and patient pathways, reporting progress to registered practitioners.
- Ensure a welcoming, caring, and safe environment for patients and visitors.
- Carry out regular observations, proper documentation, identification of deteriorating patients, and follow escalation procedures.
- Initiate basic life support for collapsed patients until medical help arrives.
- Assist with safe transfers of patients and perform hospital transfers and handovers.
- Provide clinical skills such as recording 12-lead ECGs, peripheral cannulation, venepuncture, urinary catheterization, minor wound dressings, and administering oral medications.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain up-to-date and accurate records of clinical care.
- Follow protocols for internal and external major incidents.
- Identify and care for patients with mental health and vulnerable patients.
- Act in a professional manner and maintain communication and attitudes with service users and colleagues.
- Adhere to policies and procedures for preventing hospital-acquired infections.
- Take personal responsibility for professional development and keeping up-to-date with current practices.
Benefits:
- Full range of NHS benefits and discounts.
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 NMC Code of Conduct, NMC Record Keeping Guidance, and NHS Constitution.
- Teaching and assessing skills, leadership skills, organizing and planning skills, and ability to communicate effectively.