Nursing Associate

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate to join our Community Nursing Service in North Tyneside. The post will initially cover a maternity leave in Wallsend locality but the location will be subject to review at the end of the maternity leave and may result in a change of location within the North Tyneside area. You will be an integral part of a community nursing team and our registered nurses will support you in delivering planned care to patients which will include wound care regimes, venepuncture, medication administration, catheterisation and palliative care.

We are committed to lifelong learning and offer support to enhance your knowledge and skills to further your professional development. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and experience within a supportive community team., To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Work within NHCFT policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure high clinical standards.

To contribute to all nursing care, providing care for people including those with complex needs.

Working as a member of the nursing team under the direction of the Registered Nurse to provide and monitor care.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?

Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.