Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 470-23-0184-KS-1
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Children's ward
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nursing Associate
Band 4
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nursing Associate who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS our Children's Ward. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.
We are looking for a hard working enthusiastic individual, who works well in a team and is able to carry out excellent standards of patient care.
As a nurse associate you will have responsibilities on shift to care for 3-4 patients at a time under the direction of the nurse in charge. you will also carry out training to be able to work in the ward blood clinic as well as get involved in pre operative assessment of children.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide and monitor safe, person-centred care to designated patients, this will include caring for children and young people, carrying out medication administration, infection control, safeguarding and personal care.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone 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.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge
Essential criteria
- Nursing Associate Qualification registered with NMC
- An awareness of risk management
- Experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of competency completion.
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder
- Awareness of personal safety
- Demonstrate a range of technical and clinical skills and competencies appropriate to service needs.
Desirable criteria
- Able to identify and manage the risks of the potential emotional and physical impact on self and others
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate effective and efficient use of resources
- Self-aware.
- Self-motivated
- Flexible approach
- Attention to personal detail and presentation
- Act personally in a way that supports equality fairness and values diversity
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Work effectively in difficult circumstances
- Display the ability to prioritise and delegate.
- Logical reasoning ability
- Ability to function as an effective member of the nursing team and wider services
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise effectively and manage competing demands
- Ability to recognise own limitations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Murphy
- Job title
- Ward sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01983 534692
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