Nursing Associate

Nursing associates are a new support role that help bridge the gap between healthcare support workers and registered nurses to deliver hands-on, person-centred care as part of the nursing team.

About Nursing Associates

The role enables nurses to focus on more complex clinical work and offers career progression opportunities for healthcare assistants and other roles. Nursing associates work with people of all ages and in a variety of settings and the role is supported by/supervised by senior nursing staff or GPs.

The work of the role is varied and may involve carrying out patient annual reviews, assisting in and performing routine tasks related to patient care, delivering health promotion advice. It also includes chaperoning patients, assisting GPs with minor surgery, carrying out childhood immunisations and vaccinations and advising patients on general health care.