Nursing Associate

South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust; City Of London; In loco; GBP 27.000 - 38.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a Nursing Associate to join the Merton Adult Community Mental Health Teams. The role focuses on person-centred care for adults 18-65 with mental health needs, in clinic and community settings, and includes clinical monitoring and contributing to care planning.

The post requires NMC registration as a Nursing Associate, strong communication and teamwork, and a commitment to recovery‑focused care.

Competenze

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
• Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
• English and Mathematics basic qualifications (e.g. GCSE at Grade C or above).

Mansioni

• Support people to improve and maintain mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing.
• Active involvement in prevention of disease and ill health.
• Engage in public health and reduction of health inequalities.
• Support recovery by promoting healthy lifestyles and psychosocial activities.
• Advocate for patients' needs and rights within Trust policy.
• Encourage and empower individuals to manage their own programme of care.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Teamwork

NMC Code knowledge

Patient-centered care

Formazione

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

NMC registration

English & Maths GCSEs

Descrizione del lavoro

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' however we aim to be 'outstanding'.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you'll be part of something special - an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified and NMC-registered Nursing Associate to join our Merton Adult Community Mental Health Teams.

Working with adults aged 18-65 experiencing mental health difficulties, you will provide person-centred care and support both in clinic settings and within the community. You will play a key role in promoting physical health and wellbeing, supporting recovery, reducing health inequalities and helping service users achieve their individual goals.

A significant part of the role involves supporting the delivery of our Clozapine and Depot Clinics, including physical health monitoring, CMA monitoring, health promotion and medication-related care. Applicants should have relevant experience or transferable skills and be willing to develop knowledge in the safe management of Clozapine and antipsychotic medications.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, build positive therapeutic relationships, contribute to care planning and risk management, and uphold the values of compassionate, recovery-focused care.

This is a Monday to Friday role, working 9am to 5pm, offering an excellent work-life balance with no shift work, weekends or nights.

Main duties of the job

The Nursing Associate contributes to the health and wellbeing of patients and service users and applies across all health and care settings. The Nursing Associate will deliver high quality, personalized, safe, compassionate care in the best interest of people. The Nursing Associate is equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours across the fields of nursing, providing holistic care and support for people of all ages in a variety of settings.

The Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing. The Nursing Associate recognises and works within limits of their competence. The Nursing Associate works to a nationally recognized code of conduct and is registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Working for our organisation

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Supporting people to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing.
2. Active involvement in the prevention of and protection against disease and ill health. SLP February 2019
3. Engage in public health, community development, and in the reduction of health inequalities.
4. Implementing the principles of 'recovery': encouraging and supporting patients/service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions under the guidance of a registered professional.
5. Advocating for patients/service users' needs and rights within Trust policy.
6. Encouraging and empowering individuals to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and elevate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in different clinical care settings
• Experience in supervision of staff.

Training & Qualification

Essential criteria

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
• Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
• English and Mathematics basic qualifications (e.g. GCSE at Grade C or above, New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language or evidence of Level 2 in Functional skills for numeracy and literacy).

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, with supervision available but not always present, and acting on own initiative, within protocols, policies and care plans.
• Able to plan and co-ordinate and prioritise own and team work within a shift system.
• Communications skills - receiving and conveying sensitive information, with staff and with service users and able to keep accurate records. Knowing when to escalation concerns and to whom
• Ability to positively engage distressed individuals and de-escalate highly- aroused situations
• Advocates for all individuals, within professional boundaries and trust policies, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity.

Desirable criteria

• Vital Signs, Phlebotomy.
• Experience in facilitating groups.

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote 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 Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• 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 has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not 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 a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
• That we are a smoke-free Trust
• South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process, including job applications, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. The contact details published on our official website are the Trust's authorised contact channels and should be used for all recruitment communications, job applications, and verification of employment offers.