Nursing Associate – Liskeard & Looe

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Full time
Location: Liskeard
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Are you passionate about providing high quality patient care? The Liskeard-Looe Community Nursing Team are looking for motivated practitioners to join us.

You should possess commitment to team working and innovation in the delivery of excellent standards of care. This Nursing Associate in the role needs to demonstrate excellent organisational skills. People approaching the end of their lives who have been referred to the team may need to be seen urgently and the person in this role will need to help to coordinate the Health Care Assistants and other resources to deliver this urgently needed care. The successful candidate will be delivering high quality care and will also have a key role in supervising Health Care Assistants and delegating appropriate work to them. The Nursing Associate will also assist the team in coaching and teaching the Health Care Assistants and other members of the team.

This is an exciting and fulfilling role and you will need to be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for nursing people in the community especially those approaching the end of their lives as well as a desire for on-going professional development.

You should also have an understanding of the changing climate of care delivery in the community with the ability to travel independently across the area to fulfil the requirements being essential.

The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the Registered Community Nurses and other members of the multi-professional team, providing and monitoring care and contributing to the ongoing assessment, as agreed with supervising clinician(s) and in line with the service pathways. They will monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team.

This role will support the Community Nursing team with organising the patients on the end-of-life or Continuing Care at Home caseload. Support the team with coordinating and delegating work to the Health Care Assistants. Support the team with organising other resources such as equipment. Support the team by providing supervision, teaching and coaching. To review patients on the caseload and adjust care plans.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

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