Job overview

Job Purpose

• The post holder will support our community team’s in ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care, upholding patient dignity delivered with kindness and compassion.
• The post holder will demonstrate responsibility to patients, relatives, and colleagues through contribution to the development and monitoring of agreed evidence-based practice and to the health and social care programmes.
• The post holder will provide and monitor the nursing care for a designated group of patients during a care episode.
• The post holder will also actively contribute to an effective learning environment.

Scope and Range

• The Registered Nurse Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a Registered Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised Code of Conduct.
• The Registered Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses, working within the scope of their competence and the role requirements in the delivery of nursing care.
•  The Registered Nurse Associate will have the ability to make decisions within their scope of competence and will liaise and report back any findings and evaluations to Registered Nursing staff.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties Of The Role:

• Administer or monitor medicines safely and in a timely manner via the NMC agreed routes 
  of administration – adhering to the Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation 
  Trust, Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines Policy
• The Registered Nurse Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding,
  skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a Registered Nursing 
  Associate and will work to a nationally recognised Code of Conduct.
• The Registered Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of Registered
  Nurses, working within the scope of their competence and the role requirements in the 
  delivery of nursing care.
• The Registered Nurse Associate will have the ability to make decisions within their scope of 
  competence and will liaise and report back any findings and evaluations to Registered 
  Nursing staff.
• The Registered Nursing Associate will have the responsibility for their own actions

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues. 

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/ 

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook