Post: Nursing Associate / Assistant PractitionerRead the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.Pay: 14.06-15.43 per hour Dependant on experienceHours: Part time hours availableupto15 hours per week working Wednesday and ThursdayThere may be the opportunity to work additional shifts where leave cover is requiredThe serviceoperates5days a weekMonday-FridayAccountable to: Head ofClinical WorkforceBase: Newfield House, Vicarage Lane Blackpool FY4 4EW Home visits may also berequiredClosing Date: 19th April 2026 Please note that our roles are not being considered for sponsorship at this time Welcome to FCMS!FCMS has created a home monitoring service for patients with long standing conditions e.g. COPD, Heart Failure,diabetes and hypertension. This will be to remotely monitor patients who are in a Care Home or Semi-Housebound to support their GP practice. Patients will initially have an assessment to create a care plan and ensure we have all the information needed for safe admission onto the service. Patients will have access to observation equipment and links to an app to input their readings which will alert a clinician if there are any problems or readings are out of range.Main duties of the jobWe are looking for forward thinking, motivated clinicians who have a passion for new ways of working whilst providing safe patient care. The clinician will provide support monitoring alerts and may require visiting patients to provide support in their home environment, if necessary, this maybe due to tech issues or setting up equipment and training when first onboarded. Our aim is to work closely with the local trust, frailty teams, community matrons, heart failure team, GP Practices, Rapid Response and other teams in the community to provide optimum patient care.About usThe ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well-established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do.Come and be a part of our amazing team!We offer NHS PensionCycle to Work SchemeCareer Development OpportunitiesAttendance BonusStaff Benefit SchemeFree Tea & CoffeeEye Care ContributionsJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesDay to Day Duties to include, but not exhaustive:Toprovideremote advice for patients withlong standingconditionslinked to why they are being remotelymonitoredby theLusciiTo support the patient by linking in with their GP PracticeInput into holistic care plans,toensure a focus on the individuals goals and support them tocomply withthe planultimately improvinghealth outcomesPatient education and health promotionWork toattainthe service KPIs and targetsEnsure all patient contact is recordedin a timely manneron the IT systems to enable tracking of patient outcomes, both in real-time to support ongoing intervention planning and retrospectively to understand the impact of the serviceTo ensure mandatory training is kept up to dateAcknowledge and accommodate barriers to communication and understanding including speech, hearing,languageand emotion.Flexibility in attending organised educational updates and eagerness to expand on current knowledge base and cascading new educational information to colleagues whenever possibleTo attend local practices to promote the home monitoring service as well as any relevant meetings and educational events.Inform the Clinical Manager of any untoward incidentsWork within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g., infection control, safeguarding,chaperoningand risk managementThe above list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be fully comprehensive and may be amended to take account of changing circumstances or requirements following consultation with the post holder.Our key expectations are:Self-awareness Living authenticallyAdaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situationOpenness What you see is what you getPositivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossibleGenerosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindnessAbility to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourselfOur Why:To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.Values:Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:Fun:People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!Awesome:We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome!Humble:Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can becomeBrave:We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs doneOompf:We have natural oompf! Its infectious!Go-getting:We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivityCome and be a part of our amazing team!We offer NHS PensionCycle to Work SchemeCareer Development OpportunitiesAttendance BonusStaff Benefit SchemeFree Tea & CoffeeEye Care ContributionsDisability Confident EmployerAs users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancyDBSThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemption Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).For Driver positions you will also be required to undertake a Driver check. xjdpvnf Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialGood standard of general educationAssistant practitioner or Nursing Associate qualificationDesirableLong Term Condition qualifications linked to level of practiceOtherEssentialWilling / able to attend appropriate trainingCommitment to own personal developmentEnthusiastic and committed about the roleFlexiblePositive and confident dispositionCommitment to personal and professional developmentPromote the Service with its ever expansionCar driverExperienceEssentialExperience of working in GP Practice or CommunityAble to perform telephone consultationsAbility to take and record patient observationsHealth promotionAbility to work as a team memberAble to exercise initiative in organisation and prioritisingGood communication skills both written and oralGood Interpersonal skillsBasic IT skillsConfident in non-face to face consultationsDesirableUp to date with Mandatory Training including Safeguarding Level 3Evidence of chronic disease managementKnowledge of Luscii and EMIS computer systemsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Nursing Associate