Nurse Associate

Are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate & individualised care, driving quality improvement and looking to add value to an inpatient mental health team?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Associate to join the team on Poppy ward. If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be part of our team.

Main duties of the job

Poppy Ward is a male acute admission ward. As part of our ongoing strive for excellence we are developing a 'care team' approach around patient centred care.

The Nurse Associate will take part in ongoing assessments, they will plan, deliver and evaluate the needs of our service users, in accordance with their Care Plans. They will take part in ongoing risk assessments, recognising and responding to any changes, ensuring that the care and safety of the service user remains the priority. Nurse Associates will work as part of the MDT under the supervision of qualified nurses.

The role also provides the opportunity to provide therapeutic interventions, both 1:1 and within a group setting, to further enhance the care and support offered to our service users.

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

• A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate - on the NMC Register
• Care certificate or relevant equivalent

Experience

• Previous experience of working in an NHS health care setting

Knowledge

• Understanding of the scope and the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development

Skills

• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the work-load and individual SU contact

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

£28,392 to £31,157 a yeargross per annum/pro rata