Nurse Associate inMaidstone inMaidstone PUBLISHED
MON 6 JAN 2025
This position emphasises a holistic approach to healthcare, aligning closely with local Primary Care Networks to ensure seamless patient care. The Nurse Associate will engage with a multidisciplinary team, participate in daily handovers, and have opportunities to mentor junior staff and students. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as roles may close early due to high interest, and full vaccination is strongly recommended to promote safety for all involved.
The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there's never been a better time to join us.
We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Nurse Associate to join our caring and progressive team in Maidstone.
Our community nursing teams are closely aligned with local Primary Care Networks, to make sure patient care is holistic and joined up. We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition, so we take time to get to know our patients.
This registered professional role is part of the community nursing team visiting housebound patients in their own home. Utilising knowledge and skills you will work within the scope of your competencies to deliver nursing care to the caseload of patients. You will undertake holistic assessment of patients in order to plan care in collaboration with patients and family that will meet nursing needs. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team of health and social care colleagues, patients' needs can be met to keep them safe. Working predominantly unsupervised your work will be allocated on a daily basis to assess orprovide the planned care required, document your intervention within the clinical record, report back your findings and escalate any concerns to your seniors. You will act as direct support to the Registered Nursesin the team and may allocate visits and lead team handover in their absence. You will participate in daily handover and undertake additional tasks required for the patients seen that day. You may have someadditional responsibility for supporting junior staff and students in practice. Within the team there are additional champion and link worker opportunities for you to engage in that supports the wider team
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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