Assistant Practitioner / Nursing Associate

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Norwich is looking for passionate individuals to join their team. You'll be involved in patient assessments, care planning, and providing support to service users in their recovery. This role emphasizes teamwork and creativity in delivering high-quality patient care, with opportunities for career progression and extensive training programs.

Benefits

NHS pension

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression

27 days annual leave increasing to 33 days

Staff physio service

Gym membership

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Highly motivated and passionate about patient care.
• A team player with a focus on Service Users and Carers.
• Willingness to participate in training and development.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessments, risk management, care planning.
• Support Registered Nurses with day-to-day activities.
• Participate in quality improvement and change management projects.

Skills

Motivation

Passion for patient care

Creativity

Teamwork

Job description

We are looking for energised individuals who will be excited to be part of something very special. We want creativity, innovative ideas and passion towards providing excellent patient care. If you want to make a difference in people's lives and change it for the better than we want you to be part of our fantastic team!

Working alongside our Clinical Support Workers and Registered Nurses, you will work a combination of shifts including unsociable hours, weekends and bank holidays. You will be responsible for assessments, risk management, care planning, and co‑ordination of care delivery. You will support the Registered Nurses with the day-to-day activities and provide support to service users throughout their recovery journey. Working within a well‑resourced team, supported with regular supervision and opportunities to work in partnership with health and social care in the wider multi‑disciplinary service, we want to develop the role of Nursing Associate to enable participation in a wider range of opportunities including change management projects such as quality improvement.

We are a strong and credible team, with a friendly atmosphere, where productive ideas are welcomed and explored. Are you a highly motivated and passionate about patient care? Do you believe in keeping Service Users and Carers at the heart of everything you do? Would you like to work in a well‑supported, dynamic, enthusiastic recovery‑focused team? We are looking for innovative and focused practitioners who are determined to make a positive difference to the care of our Service Users. If this feels like you, we want to hear from you.

Our Trust values of Team, Accountability, Learn and Kind sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.

There are endless opportunities available, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our team on a permanent basis. We understand that to attract the best people, we need to develop career pathways and support staff to reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

In addition, we also offer the following benefits:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in‑house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• gym membership
• NHS discounts and many more.