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Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Nurse Associate looking for a fresh start? Come and join Sirona in a role where you can make a real difference to the community you live in.

You will work in a team with other multi-disciplinary professionals including Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and other support staff, on a rota system between the hours of 8am-8pm over a 7 day working period.

You will need excellent communication and clinical skills and have experience of working within a team. You will be required to use electronic patient record systems, in addition to this you will have good time management and be able to prioritise your own work load.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role and whilst we are looking for full time hours, we can consider part time hours.

Main duties of the job

Undertake appropriate delegated initial holistic assessments and implement programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell

Assess and monitor service users' health needs, assessing patient condition and well-being

Use clinical reasoning skills, within the designated competency framework, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, patient- centred intervention programmes

Collaborate with service users, carers and family in identifying appropriate and achievable goals

Contribute to the facilitation of appropriate referrals to other services

Work within a multi-disciplinary team, to provide integrated skills and share knowledge

Assess and arrange the provision of equipment

Take every opportunity to support and educate service users and their carers to promote independence, good health and personal safety

Provide and maintain a safe and comfortable environment for all patients and carers

Support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to other learners such as Nursing Associate trainees, first year student nurses and health care support workers as required

Maintain accurate, informative and legal records of all interventions in accordance with policy

Actively participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery of training

Take responsibility for your own delegated objectives, training, proficiencies and competence, as outlined by the NMC code of conduct

Support delivery of vaccination campaigns

Working for our organisation

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it’s about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more! 

Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!