Nursing Associate Complex Physical Health

The Nursing Associate will deliver high quality, compassionate care, for people with learning disabilities to ensure their physical health needs are met. The Nursing Associate will work alongside the Complex Physical Health Nursing Team, based at Queen Mary's Hospital and in close partnerships with the Multi-disciplinary Team, primary and secondary care services. The Nursing Associate will be competent to carry out tasks independently, within the scope of their registration. They will be supervised by the Registered Nurse. The Nursing Associate will have completed a set of competency assessments that supports their practice and will also further develop their knowledge and skills in line with the Health Education England Competency Framework for Physical Health (2020)., The Nursing Associate will support the Complex Physical Health nursing team to meet the needs of adults with a learning disability. They will develop their clinical skills with a focus on compassionate and person-centred care. The Nursing Associate will carry out comprehensive nursing assessments with the nursing team, along with a thorough medical history, and will assess vital signs as well as become familiar with completing MUST forms when assessing BMI. The Nursing Associate will support in developing person centred plans for service users, taking into consideration any risks associated with their physical health, and support the service user to access health services relevant to their individual needs. The Nursing Associate will work independently under the leadership of the registered nurses working to their nationally recognised code of conduct at all times, as well as complying with trust policies and procedures.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care