Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-25-7508219CM
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various sites
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate (Treatment Room)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Due to progression Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Nursing Associate to join our Treatment Room service across the Ashton, Wigan and Leigh Community Borough.
We offer a structured preceptorship supported by our Education team for all new starters and a robust competency framework. Successful candidates will be encouraged and supported to develop and progress within their role.
Monday to Friday working pattern, which is a full time 37.5 hours post.
You must hold the Nursing Associate Foundation degree with NMC registration and have community experience.
Main duties of the job
- You will have a variety of clinical skills and be able to demonstrate continued professional development. You will have highly developed communication and personal skills.
- You will have the ability to work alone but still be a team player. If you feel you are adaptable, self motivated and able to respond to challenges then please apply for this position. This role requires an Enhanced DBS check + Adults' Barred Lists, which will be obtained during pre-employment checks.
- Applicants will be required to see patients and families face to face within a Treatment room setting.
- You will need to be able to travel independently across the Trust.
- Be advised, the vacancy might close early if a large number of applications is received.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To undertake the delivery of nursing care as delegated by the Treatment Room manager, for example, running of a B12 clinic across various sites.
- To work at all times in accordance with all Trust policies, procedures and protocols specific to the service.
- To provide high quality, sensitive and competent care for patients, by demonstrating practical and ongoing application of your underpinning knowledge, as appropriate to your AP qualification.
- To maintain accurate patient care records in accordance with the Trust Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.
- To be involved in aspects of progressive information technology, i.e. inputting data for system one and communication tools as appropriate practice, within the Treatment room Service.
- To contribute to the administration duties required by the service. For example, telephone enquiries, filing patient’s notes.
- To ensure information is accurate and up to date for future reference and complies with Data Protection Act.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation degree in healthcare
- NMC registered
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a health care environment, undertaking a full range of clinical competencies and foundation degree competency portfolio and short courses.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community/treatment room setting.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to perform core clinical competencies.
- Basic IT skills.
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship skills.
- Ability to perform service specific clinical competencies.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to work on own initiative
- Able to prioritise and organise workload.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Fisher
- Job title
- Treatment Room Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 707 7700
- Additional information
all queries via E-Mail please
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Buckingham Row
Brick Kiln Lane
Wigan
WN1 1XX
- Telephone
- 0300 7073815
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