Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Nurse Associate to join our Primary Care team within a GP practice environment. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse patient population, supporting the management of long-term conditions, delivering preventative healthcare and carrying out a range of clinical interventions. You will work closely with GPs, Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and other health and social care professionals, helping to provide high-quality, patient-centred care. The role offers excellent support and supervision, with a strong commitment to ongoing professional development and progression, including support for Nursing Associates who aspire to become Registered General Nurses (RGNs).

Main duties of the job
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver a range of clinical interventions including health checks, chronic disease monitoring, venepuncture, ECGs, immunisations, wound care and patient assessments to support high-quality patient care.
• Promote health and wellbeing by supporting patients to manage long-term conditions, encouraging participation in screening programmes and providing advice to improve health outcomes.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, maintaining accurate clinical records, supporting care planning, contributing to service improvements and ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register with a Nursing Associate Foundation Degree qualification.
• Ability to deliver safe clinical care, including patient assessments, long-term condition monitoring and health promotion activities within scope of practice.
• Excellent communication, organisational and teamwork skills, with the ability to use clinical systems, prioritise workload and maintain accurate patient records.

About us
PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us: http://picsnhs.org.uk/.

Benefits of working for PICS
We offer a comprehensive package which includes:

• NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
• Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
• A flexible approach to a work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• All staff events and conferences
• Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
• Free parking across many sites
• Personalised induction into the company and job role

Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities and is not exhaustive. There may be other duties required of the post holder relevant to the position.
Being an accountable professional

• Act professionally at all times and use knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions and solve problems.
• Recognise and work within the limits of competence, working within professional boundaries and to be responsible for the actions taken.
• Be proactive in seeking opportunities to develop own knowledge and skills, attending statutory/mandatory updates in accordance with organisational requirement.
• Work as part of the PCNs multidisciplinary team to provide and monitor care under direct and indirect supervision.

Promoting health and preventing ill health
Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing, demonstrated in such as:

• Using behaviour change interventions to support health and wellness when undertaking health checks (physical and mental) which may include for example , NHS Health checks (Q risk) etc.
• Chronic disease management contribute to the monitoring of patients with, for example, respiratory disease, diabetes, coronary heart disease, renal failure, hypertension.
• Encourage patients to take part in health screening. The role may require, when appropriately trained, to perform cervical screening tests.
• Care for individuals with complex conditions such as learning disabilities.

Providing and monitoring care
Carry out procedures safely and effectively within the practice, clinical tasks to include:

• Clinical observations such as BP / Pulse / Temperature / Oxygen saturations / point of care blood glucose / BMI
• Venepuncture
• ECG
• Diabetic part 1 reviews
• Sample processing and management
• Provide care and support with hygiene and maintenance of skin integrity including minor and complex wound care
• Administration of medicines via oral, topical and inhalation routes and administer injections using subcutaneous and intra-muscular routes. This will include immunisations influenza / shingles / pneumonia, B12
• Assist GP / ANP with invasive procedures for example coil fitting
• Contribute to on-going assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer patients on toothers for reassessment.

Working in teams

• Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the registered nurses or other registered care professionals as appropriate.
• Support, supervise and act as a role model to health care assistants and phlebotomists, review the quality of the care they provide, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback.
• Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision and where required.
• Contribute to team reflection activities, to promote improvements in practice and services.

Improving safety and quality of care

• Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance.
• Maintaining a safe work and care environment in particular;
• Cleaning and restocking consulting rooms, stock control of consumables.
• Adhering to infection control policies and procedures to include participation in regular audits, hand hygiene training, vaccine/cold chain storage awareness, spillage control procedures.

Contributing to integrated care

• Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records and all communication is maintained in relation to care delivered adhering to local and national guidance.
• Develop relationships across the practice/PICS and the PCN to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care, and mental health.
• Communicate effectively across a wide range of channels and with a wide range of individuals, public, health and social care professionals, maintaining the focus of communication on delivering and improving health and care services.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process.
• Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.
• All staff have the responsibility to support all learners and to keep their knowledge of supporting learners in practice up to date, according to appropriate governing bodies regulations.

Supervision/training

• The practice will ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the practice to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.
• We are looking for the NA to commit to further training to gain RGN qualification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary.
• Please provide your registration number of your NMC professional registration.

Experience
Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

Knowledge and skills
Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.