Nursing Associate

Transskribo; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team focused on improving the physical health of service users with serious mental illness in Leeds. This role as a Nursing Associate involves administering medication, performing health observations, and providing essential support in community clinics and home visits. You will play a vital part in enhancing the wellbeing of individuals, ensuring they receive the care and advice they need. With a strong emphasis on employee wellbeing, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional development, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those you support. If you are passionate about nursing and committed to patient care, this role is for you.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Employee wellbeing support

Training and education support

Exclusive discounts and payment schemes

Qualifications

• Qualified Nursing Associate with experience in mental health and physical health monitoring.
• Ability to administer medication and provide health advice.

Responsibilities

• Dispense and administer medication in clinics and home settings.
• Monitor physical health and provide referrals for service users.

Skills

Nursing

Medication Administration

Physical Health Monitoring

Communication Skills

Patient Support

Education

Nursing Associate Qualification

Relevant Health Care Experience

Job description

The Physical Health Monitoring and Improvement Team is looking for a qualified Nursing Associate to cover maternity leave. You will join our team to support the running of our various community clinics across the city of Leeds. Within this role, you will be supporting service users with a serious mental illness (SMI), specifically the monitoring and improvement of their physical health.

This involves:

1. Dispensing and administering prescribed medication in both clinic and home settings.
2. Performing physical health observations including blood taking, ECG, blood pressure monitoring, BMI calculations, and asking questions relating to service users’ lifestyle (e.g., smoking status and diet).
3. Participating in the planning and running of clinics with planned appointment times for service users to attend.
4. Providing healthy living advice to service users and making referrals to teams within LYPFT and other organisations to assist service users in improving physical health and wellbeing.
5. Supporting and escalating service users who present with both physical ill health and deterioration in mental health symptoms.
6. Highlighting any changes in mental health and physical health presentation to relevant professionals (e.g., Care Coordinator, CRISS).
7. Setting up and preparing clinics on a daily basis.

The Physical Health Monitoring and Improvement Team currently delivers three separate clinics:

1. Clozapine Clinic – Blood monitoring, physical health checks, medication dispensing.
2. Physical Health Checks – For service users on high dose antipsychotics or other medications requiring monitoring.
3. Depot Clinic – Patients attend clinic for the administration of their depot medication.

In addition to static clinics, we also offer the above services as home visits for those patients unable to attend clinic sites.

Additional responsibilities include:

1. Ensuring service users’ appointments are booked and communicated to them.
2. Working towards delivering effective supervision of junior members of staff and assisting with improving practice within the service.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support, and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.