Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel in own vehicle across a place
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload;
- Skills and Attributes
Computer literacy and ability to demonstrate IT skills e.g. email, PowerPoint, SystmOne
- Experience and Knowledge Required
Understand the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development;
- Experience and Knowledge Required
Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
- Experience and Knowledge Required
Understands the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
- Experience and Knowledge Required
Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience and Knowledge Required
Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice;
- Experience and Knowledge Required
Evidence of receiving complex, sensitive information
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register; (*This is a level 5 Foundation degree specific to Nursing Associate practice)
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Placement experience working within the 4 fields of nursing
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Are you an experienced or newly qualified Nursing Associate?
If so, we want to hear from you!
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Nursing Associate to join our established community nursing team in the idyllic Derbyshire Dales . This role will provide care for housebound patients in the Ashbourne and surrounding areas.
As a Nursing Associate you will be expected to provide community based individualised care to include long-term condition management, venepuncture and medication administration as well as completing various nursing assessments and following treatment regimes.
This is a very exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to progress and develop in the role.
Main duties of the job
Working as a Nursing Associate you will need to be passionate and enthusiastic about patient care putting patients at the heart of everything you do.
You will be working in a multi-professional team and will need to be able to think on the spot and be empathetic.
For this role you will need to be able to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with other staff and patients. You will also have the opportunity to manage your workload on a daily basis, following the guidance of your line manager.
The post holder will organise and prioritise their own day to day work tasks and activities, and delegate tasks to junior colleagues. The successful post holder must be able to able to work alone and unsupervised.
The post holder will be required to have access to a car to complete patient visits in the community and clinical settings.
You must be passionate about our buisness, creating a culture of continuous improvement, where patient welfare is at the heart of all you do.
It will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DCHS Way.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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This advert is for Nursing Associate with Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Nursing associate role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 pa, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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