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Location

Tunbridge Wells, Kent | United Kingdom

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Job description

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We’re recruiting now for people who want time with their patients. Time to treat the whole person, not just the condition. Time to focus on what they want to achieve and how we can help them to get there.

Our Community Nursing Team in Tunbridge Wells are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Nurse Associate to join us on a full time basis.

When you join us you'll be joining an "Outstanding" rated Trust and one of the largest NHS community organisations in the UK. We'll give you support to develop your skills, and a real commitment to your personal and continued professional development.

One of our main ambitions is to be a great place to work. Our We care strategy for 2023 to 2028 will help us make the biggest breakthroughs in improving your working lives and patient care. Flexible working is just one of the ways we can do this. More than half of our workforce works flexibly in some way. We will consider all kinds of flexible working including; part-time, job sharing, compressed hours, term time only, career breaks or annualised hours.

As a Registered Nursing Associate you will support the provision of holistic, person centred care and support people across their lifespan and in a variety of settings. You'll work according to the ‘NMC Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates’.

In this role you will:
• Recognise and work within the limits of competencies as defined by the NMC standards.
• Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which may require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures are followed
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage them to live healthily and apply principles of self-care, utilising evidence based electronic and other information resources as appropriate
• Ensure that high standards of nursing care are maintained and take
appropriate action when standards are not being maintained
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage them to live healthily and apply principles of self-care, utilising evidence based electronic and other information resources as appropriate
• Act as an advocate for patients, ensuring that any barriers to patients’ opinions and wishes are challenged and patients’ dignity maintained.

To hear more about the role, our team and the community difference, please get in touch.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too! Ourcareer pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations

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.

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.

If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place on the 6th March.

Find out more about the community differencehere.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging 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.

This advert closes on Sunday 25 Feb 2024

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