Job summary
A new and exciting opportunity has become available for a Nursing Associate to join the existing Pleural Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team.
We are looking for a practitioner who is dynamic and self-motivated who can work under direction and supervision but who also shows initiative. This new role is to support the delivery of the pleural service to improve patient care. You will be working alongside the existing Pleural ACPs, trainee Pleural ACPs, nursing and Respiratory Medicine doctors, predominantly at Lincoln County Hospital with some future developments to cover intermittently at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.
Main duties of the job
The role will include duties such as:
- Assisting with procedures
- Performing pre- and post-procedure patient care
- Pre- and post-procedure equipment preparation
- Management of pleural samples including labelling and transporting samples
- Equipment management including restocking, stock management, equipment ordering, paperwork
- Preparing patients for thoracoscopy
- Assisting with referrals
- Assisting with patient movement pre- / post-procedure
- Making phone calls to patients for procedure preparation
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- oNursing Associate Foundation Degree or equivalent
- oGCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team
- oInsight on how to evaluate own strengths and development needs seeking advice where appropriate
- oExperience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information
Desirable
- Experience of working with respiratory patients or patient with cancer
Knowledge, Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- oAwareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
- oUnderstanding of the scope of the role of the nursing associate in the context of the nursing and broader healthcare team.
- oAwareness of how the role can contribute to service development
- oUnderstands and acts in accordance with the NMC professional standards for practice defined within the code
- oKnowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert advice and help
- oUnderstands the importance of following procedures and treatment plans as defined by the Registered Healthcare Professional
- oAbility to evidence and demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework; Patient Centred; Safety; Compassion; Respect and Excellence
- oAbility to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision
- oUnderstand requirements for NMC professional revalidation
- oAbility to organise and plan own delegated workload
- oAbility to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- oAbility to communicate effectively (verbal and non-verbal) with team, patients and their family/carers
- oAbility to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families and carers/ colleagues
- oAwareness of the need for confidentiality
- oAbility to support, assess and act as a role model for trainee nursing associates, other learners and healthcare support workers as required within the clinical setting
- oAwareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
Desirable
- oCompetency in cannulation
- oCompetency in venepuncture
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
LN2 5QY