Nursing Associate
Kent Hospitals University Nhs Foundation Trust, Margate, Kent
Nursing Associate
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Kent Hospitals University Nhs Foundation Trust, Margate, Kent
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
, 15 Nov | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- Communicate effectively with patients and their relatives, ensuring accurate and seamless information is conveyed and documented.
- Assist in the maintenance and monitoring of agreed standards, ensuring that any shortfall is brought to the attention of the Line Manager
- Ensure that all quality initiatives within the Ward environment are adhered to and that the highest standards of care are maintained at all times
- Assist in the development of clinical protocols ensuring that these are reviewed in accordance with the needs of the service in conjunction with the Ward/Unit Manager
- Ensure that accurate and legible patient records are kept in line with professional and legal requirements
- Promote and maintain effective working relationships and communications with consultants, medical staff, nurse colleagues and other multi-agency staff, Working as a registered professional, adhering to the NMC code of conduct & implementing plans of care to ensure that patient's physical, social and psychological needs are met.
- Act as the identified Nurse for acutely ill patients by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care.
- Demonstrate leadership in progression of the patient pathway
- Act as the patients' advocate
- Liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Be clinically competent in all areas of advanced practice relevant to the post
- Work to eliminate all avoidable infection by acting as a role model in infection prevention and control prevention to all staff, visitors and patients
- Minimise risk of harm to patients, staff and visitors by working according to risk management policies.
- Participate in the orientation of new staff to their duties and the ward routine.
- Work to eliminate avoidable infection by working according to infection control policies.
- Demonstrate consistent high standard of hand hygiene practice and promote standards to staff, visitors and patients.
- Promote patient independence as much as possible.
- To undertake clinical skills, ensuring procedures are explained to patients in order to gain informed consent and involvement in care decisions, including:
- Responsible for admission and discharge procedures including the correct handling of patient's property.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.