Job summary
- Main area
- Renal A6 Ward
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: shift work, early and late shifts
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work)
- Job ref
- 343-7177615-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- A6 Ward St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 pa. incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/06/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Nursing Associate
Band 4
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
A6 Ward Nursing Associate –Band 4
Provide optimum quality of care to patients, offering support to the multi-professional team, will take responsibility for an identified area on regular shift.
Administer medications in alignment with NMC standards of proficiency and Trust policy and procedure.
The post holder will be required to play an integral role in the delivery of Care Benchmarking activities and Trust specific CQUINS targets and participate in audits
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 position to support A6 ward at St Helier
The Renal Unit at St Helier NHS trust has been offering renal replacement therapy for 50 years as a tertiary renal referral Centre; and is one of the largest in England.
We are looking for a motivated and dynamic Nursing Associate with excellent ward based skills and experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a high standard of care to patients as well as ensuring an excellent learning environment for patient and staff. With the support of the Clinical Matron and Manager, the new staff will need to provide holistic care to renal patients and ensure compliance with specific infection and dialysis guidelines.
The post holder must have excellent interpersonal skills and have ward experience. He/she must also be self-motivated and have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing Associate role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation Degree in Nursing.
- GCSE/Functional skills in English & Maths level 2
- Trained Nursing Associate Registered with the NMC.
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Has an understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional.
- Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation.
Desirable criteria
- Professional Portfolio.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Theresa Breslin
- Job title
- Renal Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557458299
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