Nursing Associate, Community Nursing West Berks

An opportunity has arisen to join our Community Nursing Team as a Nursing Associate working as an integral part of a Community Nursing service within the Newbury locality. you are interested in:

• Working with a progressive group of professionals that have the patient's needs at its centre
• Having the autonomy and the ability to exercise clinical reasoning and decision making that is critical for the care you need to give
• Having the opportunity to develop your career further
• Having the authority to affect change to your patient's life "in real time" through access to all service within the Integrated community services with no barriers
• Gaining experience in holistic delivery of care for patients in their own homes., Undertake a full range of agreed clinical skills including venepuncture, routine ECG recording and measure and interpret blood glucose levels
• Registered Nursing associates are allowed to administer intramuscular injections following appropriate organisational training and achievement of Trust competencies
• Accurately use contemporary nutritional assessment tools and record fluid intake to identify signs of dehydration or fluid retention and escalate as necessary
• Assist in the delivery of complex care as prescribed by the registered Nurse. Develop understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions for example dementia, mental illness, learning disabilities.
  
  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites