Nurse Associate - Care of the Elderly Ward 5B

The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the Registered Nurse and other members of the multi-professional team, providing and monitoring high quality care and contributing to the ongoing assessment, as agreed with supervising clinician(s) and in line with the service pathways. They will monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team. The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan, providing holistic and person centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate will work independently under the leadership of the Registered Nurses, working within the sphere of nursing and within all aspects of the nursing process. Nursing Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment; and will act in accordance with the NMC Code: Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates.,

• Deliver high quality, person-centred care under the direction of a Registered Nurse or other registered care professional, dependent on settings
• Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with NHS Values
• Work as part of a designated clinical and care team delivering care that focuses directly on the needs of the person
• Carry out specific delegated clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or other registered care professional.
• Where appropriate work without direct supervision, delivering care independently in line with the individual's defined plan of care, within designated parameters of practice of the Nurse Associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed.
• Continue to develop and improve practical and theoretical knowledge, competence, and skills whilst in clinical practice and maintain all evidence required.
• Contribute towards developing a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments.
• ECG's (training will be provided)
• visit patients in their own home independently.
• work within A&E with an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to case find frailty patients and support early discharge.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme