Job Description

The Urgent and Emergency Care Floor are recruiting Nursing Associates to join #TeamIOWNHS. The successful candidate should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.

The successful Nursing Associates will bridge the gap between the Senior Healthcare Assistants and Registered Nurses to deliver best patient care.

Previous candidates need not apply

As a qualified Nursing Associate, you will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing Urgent Care to our patients. The post holder will contribute to providing high quality nursing care planned by our Emergency Practitioners. This will involve working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer

The post holder will assume responsibility for delegated aspects of healthcare delivery, working within a scope of practice under the direction/supervision of a registered practitioner. The registered practitioner remains accountable for the appropriate and effective delegation of activities and ensuring that the Nursing Associate has the competency, confidence and expertise to carry out such activities. Having accepted the activity, the practitioner is accountable for their actions. In a situation where the practitioner feels they do not have the necessary skills or ability then they must alert the registered practitioner immediately. With the support of an agreed educational package tailored to meet needs of the individual and the service they will work within relevant legal and ethical frameworks and in accordance with organisational protocols and policies.

The Practitioner will be proficient, knowledgeable, competent, and registered on the Nursing Associate Register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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