Nursing Associates and Trainee Nursing Associates are new roles within our Primary Care Network who will be working across all our Erewash practices. They work with our other clinical staff e.g. GP’s, Nurse, Pharmacists, Health Care Support Workers to deliver care for our registered patients.
Nursing Associates work across all four fields of nursing, including:
Adult,
Children,
Mental Health,
And Learning Disability.
The main duties will include:
Undertaking clinical tasks including blood tests and ECGs,
Performing and recording clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations and pulse,
Discussing and sharing information with registered nurses on a patients’ condition, behaviour, activity and responses,
Ensuring the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times,
Recognizing issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults.