Registered Nursing Associate

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Kendal; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a 0.80 FTE Band 4 Nursing Associate to join the Community Mental Health Team within Older Adult Integrated Mental Health Services. The role focuses on monitoring physical health needs alongside mental health care, with supervision provided to support your development.

You will oversee your caseload, deliver care and treatment plans, and contribute to a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes in the local older adult

Qualifications

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree.
• On-going registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and monitor your own caseload and support senior staff in delivering care.
• Provide quality care and treatment programmes to patients with mental health challenges.
• Undertake generic clinical duties to support team functions and respond to patient and carer needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical skills

CPD evidence

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

NMC registration ongoing

CPD supporting clinical practice

Job description

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long‑term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

An interesting and varied vacancy has become available for a 0.80 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

Main duties of the job

Please note this vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship

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

Working for our organisation

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‑representated groups.

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.

Qualifications

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
• On-going registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice

Knowledge

• Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments.
• Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health.

Skills

• Excellent communication, listening, decision‑making and problem solving skills.
• Developed clinical skills with a clear ability to understand new concepts and ideas in clinical practice.
• Can provide evidence of recent continued professional development within the scope of nursing.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.