Registered Nursing Associate(RNA)

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Job overview

Are you a Registered Nursing Associate looking for a new challenge?

ITAPS is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic registered Nursing Associate to join their new team.

We are a friendly team of experienced and highly skilled staff, making this a perfect learning environment for band 4's wanting to develop their skills or explore a ITU and Theatres of nursing.

We have vacancies available across all 3 sites Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital.

The patients we care for are at the heart of everything we do. We recognize that delivering high quality care requires a culture of lifelong learning and development. With this in mind we have developed an extensive and exciting career pathway offering a number of exciting options to develop your Nursing career. We are totally committed to helping you realise your potential. Whatever direction your career takes you we can support you to achieve it.

As a band 4 in ITAPS you will have a clear development plan. In addition to your induction and new starter appraisal each specialty will clearly outline a plan of learning for you to follow.

On your application please state which area you are applying to, either ITU or Theatres.

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• To support the Registered Nurse in the contribution of ongoing assessment and care planning for patients.

• To promote health and prevent ill health in a patients and service users and contribute to integrated care.

• To monitor the condition and health need of patients on a continual basis in partnership with colleagues, families and carers, referring to others for reassessment, when required.

• The Nursing Associate will actively contribute to an effective learning environment and support others in their learning.

• Nursing Associates will adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates and work within their scope of practice following the professional standards of practice and behaviours for nurses, midwives and nursing associates and the standards of proficiency.

Working for our organisation

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Communicate sensitive information effectively and improve communication using a range of strategies with regard to person centred care, duty of candour, equality and diversity.

• Handle information and data in line with national and local policies and legislation

• Being an accountable professional

• Act professionally at all times in line with the NMC Code and the organisation’s values and behaviours, policies and guidelines

• Use the knowledge and experience to make evidence based decisions and solve problems

• Recognise and work within the limits of own competence as defined by the NMC standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates;

• Be responsible for own actions and omissions and escalate concerns appropriately.

• Apply and promote safe and effective practice that places the individual and/or family/carer at the centre of care, in a manner that promotes recovery, individual wellbeing and self-care

• Display a personal commitment to professional standards and ethical practice, operating within national and local ethical, legal and governance requirements

• Act as role model for others working with honesty and personal integrity in all aspects of practice, participate in reflective practice and learn from significant events.

• Maintain active status on NMC register

• Promoting Health and Preventing Ill Health

• Support patients and service users to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing

• Actively be involved in the prevention of and protection against disease and ill health and the promotion of wellbeing

• Engage in the public health, community development and in the reduction of health inequalities.

• Provide and Monitor Care

• Provide holistic, compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients, their families and service users in a range of care settings under the direction of a Registered Nurse, without direct supervision in line with an agreed plan of care

• Actively engage with individuals, their families and/or carers and contribute to risk assessments and care planning, by establishing their needs, wishes, preferences and choices and incorporating these into care planning

• Recognise, report and escalate where required any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes

• Act independently and in partnership with others to: ensure that the rights of individuals are not overlooked or compromised; and resolve conflict in situations where there may be refusal of care by individuals or their families

• Support other healthcare professionals to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care

• Safely administer medication in accordance with local and national guidance

• Safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children

• Demonstrate the ability to treat all individuals, carers and colleagues with dignity and respect for their diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences

• Support colleagues, staff, patients and relatives in distressing, challenging or emotional circumstances, which can be unpredictable in nature.

• Research and Development

• Apply critical analytical skills in research/audit/service improvement context, working within an ethical framework

• Contribute effectively to audit, development of evidence-based practice and innovation in the delivery of health and care

• Adhere to ethical, legal, governance and quality assurance frameworks that pertain to research development and innovation

please see job description/person specification for further details on the role.

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

COVID 19 Risk Assessment

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid Vaccination Status

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.