Job summaryThe Nurse Associate will work as a member of the General Practice Nursing team under the guidance of a Registered General Nurse and support the organisation and facilitation of clinical care in a holistic and proactive manner to patients registered at the practice.
Main duties of the jobYou will maintain a high professional standard of nursing care in adherence to all Practice protocols/policies & guidelines, as well as to provide nursing assistance to the GPs and other members of the primary healthcare team.
The role of the Nursing Associate needs to be flexible in line with the present atmosphere for change within the health service delivery. It is essential that the Nursing Associate works within their own level of competency and expand their role in accordance with practice requirements and own scope of practice.
About usRushden Medical Centre is a GP practice serving the community in and around Rushden. With a strong and diverse clinical team, the practice provides comprehensive, patient-focused primary care designed to meet the needs of a growing population.
We offer an extensive range of general medical services, including routine and urgent appointments, chronic disease management, health screening, and enhanced services delivered by our multidisciplinary workforce. Our size allows us to combine the accessibility of traditional general practice with the resilience and breadth of expertise found in larger clinical teams.
Rushden Medical Centre is committed to delivering safe, effective care while continually improving patient experience. We embrace innovation, support staff development, and work collaboratively with local health and social care partners to ensure high-quality, responsive services for our community.
Job responsibilities- Deliver high quality, compassionate care while undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professional) with a focus on promoting good health and independence
- Provide high-quality holistic and person-centred care to individuals
- Provide routine care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
- Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
- Work as part of the MDT to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision and ensure delivery of nursing associate duties
- Improve the safety and quality of care at every opportunity
- Contribute to the delivery of integrated care
- Work with Lead/Deputy Lead Practice Nurse to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership and reflective practice skills within the workplace and enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present
- Provide support and supervision to training nursing associates, healthcare assistants, apprentices and those on learning assignments/placements as required
- Support registered nurses to enable them to be able to focus on the more complex clinical care
- Develop relationships across the MDT to support the integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care and mental health
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records ensuring that clinical data is appropriately recorded with SNOMED codes
- Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse including appropriate coding
- After undertaking additional training, provide flu vaccinations, ECGs and venepuncture and other relevant clinical tasks as required and in line with the competencies of the role
- Promote health and wellbeing to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check
- Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
- Provide support during minor operations as required
Person SpecificationExperienceEssentialQualificationsEssential- Nurse Associate foundation degree qualification
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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
