Band 4 Nursing Associate

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health organization is looking for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join their Sutton Adult Community Teams. This role involves providing high-quality nursing care, supporting service users, and engaging in recovery-focused interventions. The position offers a 2-year fixed term or secondment for internal candidates, with a strong emphasis on developing nursing skills in a supportive environment while maintaining a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Career development

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Must be qualified or soon‑to‑be‑qualified nursing associates.
• Knowledge of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
• Ability to work within Trust policies and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Implement quality nursing care and engage with service users.
• Support the admission and discharge processes of service users.
• Lead activities to ensure fundamentals of care are met.

Skills

Knowledge of Clozapine and antipsychotic management

Autonomy in nursing care

Therapeutic engagement

Education

Qualification as a Nursing Associate

Job description

Band 4 Nursing Associate – Sutton Adult Community Teams

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Sutton Adult Community Teams as a Band 4 Nursing Associate for either a 2-year fixed term or secondment if internal. This is a great opportunity to join one of our passionate and forward-thinking teams, develop skills, and enhance your overall career pathway.

Our community services are innovative and have recently been reconfigured to provide specific recovery focused interventions to people with mental health issues accessing secondary care. The focus is on providing time limited interventions to enable individuals to maintain their lives with limited intervention; to understand and develop strategies to manage symptoms they may be experiencing, while working in partnership to establish their own personal recovery action plans. There may be an opportunity to apply and competitively interview for the role permanently beyond this.

Only qualified or soon‑to‑be‑qualified nursing associates will be considered.

Responsibilities

1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met – nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
3. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.
4. Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient are met including activities such as property checks, orientation to services, and ensuring that community support needs are met.
5. Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
6. Subject to the requirements of a particular service area and within the confines of the role, following trust policy/government regulatory guidance and upon successful completion of an approved programme of study and competency assessment signed by ward manager for the clinical area, the post-holder will administer routine medications.
7. Supporting and ensuring the day-to-day smooth running of the clinical area. This will include coordinating and prioritising activities.

Additionally, the role will lead the way in promoting excellent physical health care and plays a key role in the delivery of our Clozapine and Depot clinics including CMA monitoring. Applicants must demonstrate knowledge or transferable skills/willingness to learn safe Clozapine and antipsychotic management.

Working Hours

In role will work Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work‑life balance.

About Us

We are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and also support the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace, including:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• Christian Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Deaf Staff Network
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant. We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a.

Important Notes

We provide the following information for applicants:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received.
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a third‑party e‑recruitment system.
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful.
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at‑risk NHS employees.
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of aationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles).
• That we are a smoke‑free Trust.

Why Join Us

We have an inclusive and diverse culture, are proud to co‑produce and involve our local communities in all that we do, and strive to be actively anti‑racist. As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.