Nursing Associate

We have an ambitious vision for the Adult Community Nursing Service working with an excellent team, striving to deliver high standards of care with the aim of improving access to services and the quality of life for all of our patients. Our staff are central to delivering the service vision and we are keen to recruit high calibre staff, who will be offered the support required to fulfil their roles as well as being provided with the training and experience to further their skills and build a career of which they can be proud.

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, proactive Nursing Associate, who is a highly motivated and caring professional, who can provide the best possible care to our new service users. We welcome applications from experienced staff, who we will invest in further developing their careers. Opportunities of further study include Continence Assessments, the opportunity to convert their qualification to a Nursing Degree. as well as the award winning BME leadership programme, encouraging you to become our aspiring future leaders.

If you are keen to enhance your personal and professional development whilst making a real difference to patients, we would love to hear from you.

Make that move to change your career direction and join us in Ealing Community Partners.

• Previous applicants need not apply*
• Work as a member of the multi professional team providing clinical care to patients in the home and community clinic settings as delegated by the registered nurse or registered health care professional.
• Ensure a high standard of patient-centre care; deliver safe, compassionate and dignified patient centred health care.
• Promote self-management of health needs and adopt a positive risk based care approach;
• advocate for all individuals in their care, upholding NMC standards
• Carry out all relevant forms of care, without direct supervision, and may be required to demonstrate simple procedures to registered and/or non-registered staff undertaking training where agreed with the nursing team
• Plan and prioritise their workload; implement evidence based care; utilise relevant guidance, protocols, and policies (local and national); contribute to care planning and patient review.
• Nursing Associates can deliver complex care, defined as patients with complex care needs with a combination of multiple chronic conditions, mental health issues, medication-related problems, and social vulnerability as delegated by senior colleagues and within scope of competence.
• The role involves working as a member of the Community Nursing Team to provide a high standard of care to our service users, their families and carers as delegated by their Manager.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

We offer an extensive reward package to our staff alongside an exciting and fulfilling career with our Trust.
1. Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour and relevant professional guidelines and be accountable for their own professional practise.
2. Use up to date knowledge and evidence to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence changes and promote health and best practice. The individual must make person centred, evidence based judgements in partnership with others involved in the care process to ensure high quality care.
3. Accurately undertake risk assessments using approved documents and assessment tools. Use agreed patient protocols, standard operating procedures clinical guidelines which reference actions in accordance with the outcome of risk assessment.
4. Plan and organise own workload and that of others, delegating appropriately and monitor the effectiveness of any care delivered. That this is delivered collaboratively with people, patients/clients, families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
5. Act autonomously within your own level of competency to undertake specific interventions and treatments.
6. Recognise the limits of own competency and appropriately request supervision of the Registered Practitioner to ensure the delivery of safe, high quality care.
7. Achieve and maintain competence in identified mandatory and statutory training, develop and maintain clinical competencies, skills and knowledge which relate to the area of clinical practice.
8. Deliver and coordinate clinical and therapeutic care to a caseload of patients as delegated by the Registered Nurse/regulated practitioner.
9. Ensure that all interventions are patient centred; delivered compassionately and with dignity; whilst challenging and escalating poor practice/performance.
10. Respond to patients, relative and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required and escalate appropriately.
11. Be aware of and take appropriate action in regard of clinical deterioration of patient, clinical emergencies, cardiac arrest and fire, internal and major incidents which affect service continuity.
12. Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with people, families and carers.
13. Contribute to ongoing assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment.