Nurse Associate

Wiltshire Health and Care is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nursing Associate to join Devizes Community Team in Wiltshire.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

In this role, you would be working as part of a Community team incorporating: Community Nursing, Clinical Leads, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Healthcare support workers, Rehab support workers and Care Coordinators. You will link closely with colleagues including general practitioners and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission., This role is aligned specifically to the community nursing team providing nursing support to patients in their own homes. We aim to support you through either preceptorship or mentorship to develop in your new role and we offer a fully comprehensive preceptorship and induction program.

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and NMC registration-

Previous experience in a health care setting

The main responsibilities of the post:

The role of the Nursing Associate is to work within their scope of practice, without direct supervision in partnership with a Registered Nurse. The Nursing Associate will provide and deliver a high standard of nursing care, contributing to the ongoing assessment, to patients delegated to them.

The Nursing Associate will be expected to carry out planned and unplanned care to patients in their own homes

The successful applicant must be flexible, a good team worker, used to working under pressure, have excellent interpersonal and IT skills and be able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Applicant will need to be car driver with valid UK Licence and have access to a car for work purposes

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!