Qualified Nursing Associate

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Easington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Qualified Nursing Associate to join their community treatment team in Easington. Responsibilities include managing a caseload as a Lead Professional, offering recovery-focused interventions to service users, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates must be registered on the NMC, hold relevant qualifications, and be capable of independent travel. This role promises supportive training opportunities and involvement in crucial community mental health work.

Benefits

Excellent training opportunities

NHS staff benefits

Lease car scheme

Qualifications

• Must hold NMC registration as a Nursing Associate.
• Have GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English.
• Qualification in assessment and supervision required.

Responsibilities

• Join the East Durham Treatment and intervention Team as a lead professional.
• Offer recovery-focused support within a community mental health team.
• Work closely with different agencies to support service users.

Skills

Reflective practice

Organisational skills

Interpersonal relationships

Administering depot injections

Education

Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register

GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or equivalent

Qualification in assessment and supervision

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Qualified Nursing Associate

The closing date is 04 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nursing Associate to join the East Durham Treatment and intervention Team. The applicant must have already have completed the Nursing Associate foundation degree and be a registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register. The successful applicant will work as part of the busy community team offering a recovery focused pathway to Service Users and will carry their own caseload as Lead Professional.

We are big on teamwork here at East Durham CMHT and the successful applicant will become part of a well established and effective team - helping to support our local community.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work as part of the busy integrated community mental health team offering a recovery focused interventions to service users. The applicant will carry their own caseload as Lead Professional with supervision and support from the wider multi disciplinary team. This role will involve multiagency working and liaison with other services within Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust.

Working for TEWV NHS Trust You will have access to fantastic training & development opportunities with the strong links we have developed at our local universities'. Future planning is supported by the Trust's Talent Management and Workforce Development Team, so we can continue to build upon our commitment of being well led and to deliver excellent care to our communities in either leadership & management or clinical practice modules.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. A lease car scheme is in operation as well as other NHS staff benefits.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
• Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice

Experience

• Up to date understanding of the scope of and role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and multidisciplinary 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.
• Experience of working with clients who experience mental illness
• Experience of working within an community setting

Knowledge

• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
• knowledge of mental illness

Skills

• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
• Experince in the administration of depot injections

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust