Registered Nurse Associate

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Kendal; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate to join the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (South Lakes). The role is based in the community, 0.74 full-time equivalent (27.75 hours) with supervision from a senior nurse.

You will manage your own caseload, monitor physical health needs, administer non-high-risk depot medications, and support with care planning and revalidation requirements. Flexible working options are considered.

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate with current NMC registration.
• Experience in community mental health settings is desirable.
• Comfortable delivering care within older adult services.

Responsibilities

• Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver care to older adults.
• Monitor and support a caseload under supervision of a senior nurse.
• Administer depot medications (not high-risk) and monitor effects.
• Provide titration advice and monitor cognitive enhancers as needed.
• Promote teamwork, integrity, and professional development in line with Trust values.
• Lead and supervise Health Care Support Workers as required.

Skills

Nursing Associate

Mental health

Depot medications

Team leadership

Education

NMC registration as Nursing Associate

Job description

Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate -Older Adult Community Mental health team South Lakes. 27.75 hours (0.74)

An interesting and varied vacancy has become available for a qualified Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate. The role will be in the Community Mental Health Team function within the wider Older Adult integrated Mental Health services.

The core responsibilities of the post will be to oversee and monitor your own caseload and support senior staff in delivering quality care and treatment programmes to patients with mental health challenges with a focus on supporting with monitoring physical health needs of patients. Supervision will be provided to support you in the role

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about the role and, its development, and be driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population.

In addition to core professional skills, the post holder will also be expected to undertake a range of other generic clinical duties to support the team functions and be responsive to the needs of patients, their family and carers

• You will be a Registered Nursing Associate working within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties.
• As a Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate within the team you will be regularly supported and supervised by a senior nurse and you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.
• You will be required to undertake the administration of depot medications; however, these will not include medications deemed as high risk. You will also monitor for side effects and efficacy of other medications, including cognitive enhancers, and provide titration advice.
• You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct. You are required to maintain links with your professional body and provide evidence for the revalidation process.
• You will provide support to the nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users.
• You will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across clinical boundaries and in unfamiliar situations as outlined within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• You will be required to offer clinical leadership to Health Care Support Workers.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lewis Stones Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail]