Nurse Associate Full Time

Nursing Associate (Adult Integrated Respiratory Team)

Join our award-winning Adult Integrated Respiratory (AIR) Team in East Berkshire. We provide specialist care for people with long-term respiratory conditions across home, community and hospital settings. Our service includes pulmonary rehabilitation, admission avoidance, supported discharge, oxygen therapy, psychological support and palliative care. Working closely with primary and voluntary care providers, we deliver compassionate, person-centred care.

As a Nursing Associate, you will support the team in delivering high-quality respiratory care across acute and community settings. You’ll benefit from an excellent learning environment with opportunities for professional and respiratory development, including a supernumerary induction, competency training, teaching sessions and multidisciplinary clinical supervision.

If you are passionate about improving care for people with respiratory disease and committed to developing your skills, we would love to hear from you.

Please note: A full UK driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

• To provide planned care under the supervision of a registered clinical practitioner, to deliver a seamless service for patients, by always working safely and within scope of practice
• Under supervision initially, the Nurse Associate/Assistant Practitioner will attend to patients in their home, where they will carry out follow-up assessments under the supervision of a registered clinical practitioner
• Under supervision initially, the Nurse Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be expected to deliver patient education at both pulmonary rehabilitation classes and patients’ homes when required
• Under the direction of a registered practitioner, to assist in assessment and safety visits of patients being considered or established on home oxygen (training will be provided)
• To provide training as agreed with supervisor to patient, their families, carers, and students
• To provide training to patients with digital monitoring as required and monitor the dashboard as it develops
• Be responsible for maintaining the in-hospital database, and any other organisational tasks required by the service. Assist in National Audit data collection e.g., COPD, Asthma audits and virtual ward reporting

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse Associate

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a healthcare role in the community or within respiratory nursing in hospital

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing own workload and working independently

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Patient/carer focused
• Highly motivated
• Able to undertake holistic, personalised assessments and promote self-care and independence
• Demonstrates flexibility to deal with the needs of unscheduled services and able to prioritise workload and work under pressure
• Able to utilise IT and various media in order to support data collection

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of Sharepoint and Onedrive
• Knowledge of community services

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• Full Valid UK driving license with access to a car
• Able to work bank holidays, weekends and unsocial hours to meet service needs

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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