Trainee Nursing Associate

The PCN must ensure that each TNA undertakes the following key responsibilities, when delivering health services:

• delivery of high quality, compassionate care whilst undertaking specific clinical and care tasks under the direction of a registered nurse (or other registered care professionals dependent on PCN), with a focus on promoting good health and independence
• work as part of a PCN’s multidisciplinary team (MDT), delivering a high standard of care that focuses on the direct needs of the patient
• work with a supervisor to take responsibility for developing own clinical competence, leadership, and reflective practice skills within the workplace, while on placements and through attending the nursing associate training programme
• develop by the end of the nursing associate training programme the ability to work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the individual’s defined plan of care, within the parameters of the nursing associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed