Nursing associates work in all nursing fields supporting registered nurses and their wider teams in providing care to people of all ages and in a variety of settings across health and social care.

Your duties are likely to include:

- undertaking clinical tasks including venipuncture and ECGs

- supporting individuals and their families and carers when faced with unwelcome news and life-changing diagnoses

- 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

- recognising issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults