Registered Nursing Associate

Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in the North West is seeking a Nursing Associate to join our Treatment Rooms Service. The post holder will travel regularly between Treatment Room sites, work autonomously within their scope, and contribute to a wide multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality patient care.

You will provide wound care, dressings, injections and other delegated procedures, support Registered Nurses, and maintain accurate records while upholding NMC standards and Mersey Care

Qualifications

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved programme.
• NMC Registered as a Nursing Associate.
• Additional post registration qualification relevant to field of practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and effective care to patients in line with individual care plans and clinical guidelines.
• Support registered nurses in the assessment and monitoring of patients, escalating concerns appropriately.
• Administer medications and treatments within scope of practice and in accordance with NMC standards.
• Promote health and wellbeing through education, advice, and support to patients and carers.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using electronic systems.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development.
• Work collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to ensure coordinated care.
• Uphold professional standards and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Supervise and support junior staff and students as appropriate.
• Adhere to Mersey Care's values and policies, including safeguarding, infection control, and equality and diversity.

Skills

Communication

Health promotion

Staff development

Lifelong learning

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

NMC Registration

Job description

Job summary

Are you a motivated and compassionate Nursing Associate with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care? If so, we would like to hear from you.

We are seeking a Nursing Associate to join our Treatment Rooms Service. The successful candidate will have demonstrable clinical experience, a broad range of practical clinical skills, and the confidence to work autonomously within their scope of practice while contributing effectively to the wider multidisciplinary team.

The role involves providing a range of treatment room interventions, supporting patients with wound care, dressings, injections, and other delegated clinical procedures, ensuring safe, effective, and timely care.

The postholder will be required to travel regularly across multiple Treatment Room sites. Therefore, the post holder will need to travel between sites.

Main duties of the job

The Nursing Associate will work as part of the Treatment Rooms multidisciplinary team, supporting the Registered Nurse in the assessment, planning, organisation and delivery of high-quality clinical care in line with service and patient needs.

The postholder will provide holistic, person-centred care to patients attending Treatment Rooms, undertaking a range of delegated clinical interventions within their scope of practice, including wound management, dressings, injections and other treatment room procedures following appropriate training and competency assessment.

Working under the leadership and direction of registered nurses, the Nursing Associate will contribute to all aspects of the nursing process, promoting patient health, wellbeing and self-management, while helping to ensure safe, effective and timely care delivery.

Nursing Associates are accountable professionals who work within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code and Standards of Proficiency. The postholder must recognise and work within the limits of their competence, maintaining their professional development and contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care within the community setting.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted: 21 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 4

Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 350-CC8372753

Location: South Sefton Treatment rooms, Sefton Road, Litherland, L21 9HE

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and effective care to patients in line with individual care plans and clinical guidelines.
• Support registered nurses in the assessment and monitoring of patients, escalating concerns appropriately.
• Administer medications and treatments within scope of practice and in accordance with NMC standards.
• Promote health and wellbeing through education, advice, and support to patients and carers.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using electronic systems.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development.
• Work collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to ensure coordinated care.
• Uphold professional standards and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Supervise and support junior staff and students as appropriate.
• Adhere to Mersey Cares values and policies, including safeguarding, infection control, and equality and diversity.

Person Specification

Skills - Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
• Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being
• Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff
• Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning (Making Every Contact Count)

Skills - Desirable

• Skills in audit and improvement methodology or willing to undertake

Experience - Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
• Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being
• Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff
• Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning (Making Every Contact Count)

Experience - Desirable

• Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff
• Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning

Qualifications - Essential

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved programme
• NMC Registered as a Nursing Associate

Qualifications - Desirable

• Additional post registration qualification relevant to field of practice

Knowledge - Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a team member under appropriate supervision
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
• Ability to work independently and to use own initiative as appropriate and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to deal with nonroutine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
• Understanding of evidence-based practice
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice as outlined in the Code

Values - Essential

• Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all
• Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
• Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
• Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
• Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage

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.

UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Employer's website: https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/

Contact

Team Lead: Amy O'Hagan

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07880130883

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