Nursing Associate

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS Trust is seeking a Nursing Associate for its Older Adult Mental Health Inpatient service. This full-time role involves working closely with a multidisciplinary team, assessing patient care needs, and providing high-quality care. Candidates must hold NMC registration and have strong communication skills. The position offers various career development opportunities in a supportive environment, with a focus on patient-centered healthcare.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Understand and apply the NMC Code of Conduct effectively.
• Knowledge of ageing process and related health issues.
• Ability to assess and evaluate patient care programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead junior staff and maintain high patient care standards.
• Provide assessments and evaluate patient care needs.
• Communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Leadership

Initiative

Education

NMC Nursing Associate registration

GCSE English (grade A-C) or equivalent

GCSE Maths (grade A-C) or equivalent

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Nursing Associate to join our Older Adult Mental Health Inpatient service on Woodland Ward.

If you are looking for an exciting chance to use your clinical skills to make a difference, while working in a flexible environment, this is a fantastic opportunity.

We have highly rewarding opportunities to join our multidisciplinary inpatient team. We are seeking motivated individuals with a passion for older adult mental health and a commitment to providing high-quality care.

The team at Newhaven is friendly, supportive, and exceptionally caring, putting patient care at the heart of the work we do to improve healthcare outcomes and service delivery.

We can offer a full-time 12-month fixed-term position. Our working patterns are 3-4 long days/night (07:30-20:00/19:30-08:00) across a four-week period, including weekends and bank holidays.

We can offer many future career development opportunities, including registered nurse degree apprenticeships. We offer flexible and family-friendly working.

Main duties of the job

Role Requirements

• We welcome newly qualified Nurse Associates and experienced Nurse Associates.
• The ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels.
• An enthusiastic, motivated, and innovative thinker to become part of the Older Adult inpatient service.
• The ability to work autonomously, managing your own named patients, evaluating a plan of care.
• The ability to problem-solve, delegate, co-ordinate, and manage time effectively.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, along with a flexible and responsive approach.

Day to Day elements

Close working with all members of the Multi-disciplinary Team.

Undertaking mental health needs assessments.

Assessment and Management of risk.

Liaising with other services, such as the community mental health team, Hospital at Home Team, Mental Health Liaison Team, and the Acute Trust.

Effective assessment through SBAR and care planning.

Supervising junior staff, including students.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive, offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
• Wide range of supportive staff networks.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities.

Job responsibilities

Act as a role model to colleagues, seeking the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Assess the care needs of individual patients and then evaluate programmes of care for them.

Provide leadership to junior staff in their charge, supervising, monitoring, supporting, and educating them in good professional and clinical practices.

Assist in maintaining high standards of patient care, ensuring patients' individuality and privacy are maintained at all times.

Maintain confidentiality.

Demonstrate effective handover and communication of care.

Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of all Trust policies and procedures.

Adhere to the NMC code of Professional Conduct.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• NMC Code of Conduct.
• Knowledge of the ageing process and related mental and physical health problems.
• Knowledge of the individual's responsibility towards health and safety.
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Able to assess, plan, and evaluate programmes of care.
• Able to work as an effective team member.
• Uses own initiative and is able to take decisions.
• Able to maintain clear and legible documentation.
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
• Ability to support, supervise, assess, and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners, and health care support workers as required.

Additional Criteria

• Able to carry out physical requirements of the role, e.g., using mechanical hoists to move patients.

Qualifications

• NMC Nursing Associate registration.
• GCSE English (grade A-C) or equivalent.
• GCSE Maths (grade A-C) or equivalent.

Experience

• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in prioritising own workload.
• Experience in working without direct supervision.