Nursing Associate inOldham inOldham PUBLISHED 25 DEC 2023

Depending on experience  PERMANENT 

  • Contribute to the delivery of excellent patient care, supporting the existing workforce under direct or indirect supervision
  • Improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity
  • Undertake additional clinical training as required
  • Support registered nurses and the wider team to enable them to focus on the more complex clinical care
  • Support and provide chronic disease clinics and maintain registers
  • CVD prevention and tackling health inequalities
  • Accurately perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respiration, and pulse rates
  • Be able and qualified to perform cervical screening and childhood vaccinations
  • Support with vaccination programmes
  • Engage positively with patients/carers/families and staff members promoting mutually respectful and appropriate relationships
  • Communicate effectively with patients regarding providing and planning their care and carrying out risk assessment needs as required
  • Communicate complex and sensitive information verbally and in writing. Adapt and tailor communication skills to the need of the listener
  • Support patients maintain their physical, mental and behavioural health and well-being
  • Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records
  • Maintain skills and training through continuous professional development, attending regular educational updates via e-learning and face-to-face sessions as appropriate
  • This job description is not exhaustive and may be subject to change.

This is an opportunity for a Nursing Associate to join the team at John Street Medical Practice working under the supervision of the Practice Nurse team. Come and join us if you are looking to develop your skills as a Nursing Associate in a General Practice setting, including assisting with the delivery of health promotion, phlebotomy, chronic disease management, immunisation, and vaccinations in line with your training and level of experience.

Your main duties will include supporting the Practice Nursing team in delivering excellent patient care, providing health promotion to patients, delivering chronic disease management under the supervision of the Nursing team, immunisations (including childhood immunisations), cervical cytology, phlebotomy and other responsibilities in line with your training and experience.

  • Contribute to the delivery of excellent patient care, supporting the existing workforce under direct or indirect supervision
  • Improve safety and quality of care at every opportunity
  • Undertake additional clinical training as required
  • Support registered nurses and the wider team to enable them to focus on the more complex clinical care
  • Support and provide chronic disease clinics and maintain registers
  • CVD prevention and tackling health inequalities
  • Accurately perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respiration, and pulse rates
  • Be able and qualified to perform cervical screening and childhood vaccinations
  • Support with vaccination programmes
  • Engage positively with patients/carers/families and staff members promoting mutually respectful and appropriate relationships
  • Communicate effectively with patients regarding providing and planning their care and carrying out risk assessment needs as required
  • Communicate complex and sensitive information verbally and in writing. Adapt and tailor communication skills to the need of the listener
  • Support patients maintain their physical, mental and behavioural health and well-being
  • Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient health records
  • Maintain skills and training through continuous professional development, attending regular educational updates via e-learning and face-to-face sessions as appropriate
  • This job description is not exhaustive and may be subject to change.

This is an opportunity for a Nursing Associate to join the team at John Street Medical Practice working under the supervision of the Practice Nurse team. Come and join us if you are looking to develop your skills as a Nursing Associate in a General Practice setting, including assisting with the delivery of health promotion, phlebotomy, chronic disease management, immunisation, and vaccinations in line with your training and level of experience.

Your main duties will include supporting the Practice Nursing team in delivering excellent patient care, providing health promotion to patients, delivering chronic disease management under the supervision of the Nursing team, immunisations (including childhood immunisations), cervical cytology, phlebotomy and other responsibilities in line with your training and experience.



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