Job overview

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust provides care for approximately 600,000 adults, children, and young people across Gloucestershire, including community inpatient and outpatient services, public health nursing, community nursing and therapy staff.

Cheltenham ICT (Integrated Community Teams) are excited to be able to offer opportunities for Registered Nurse Associates (RNA) to join us. The role of the RNA within the team will be instrumental in the delivery of enhanced care to patients.

We will support the development of your clinical skills, holistic thinking and communication skills to provide patient-centred care that enhances quality of life and avoids unplanned hospital admissions. You will have a great opportunity to gain further confidence in your decision making and be able to make a real difference for patients in this role.

 This role is offered on a permanent basis. There are full time and part time hours available per week.

Main duties of the job

You will be working closely with our Registered Nurses who will support you in delivering planned care. Joining our ICT will enable you to collaborate with Specialist Services, Complex Care, Allied Health Professionals, Adult Social Care and voluntary sector organisations to provide a seamless approach to the delivery of care within the patients’ own homes.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. 

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that: 

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%. 

 This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.