Registered Nursing Associate

Pennine Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

CPD access

Staff wellbeing service

Staff discounts

Job summary

Prospect Place, Birch Hill Hospital in Rochdale is recruiting Nursing Associates for our Low Secure Service (LSU). We have 1 full-time and 1 part-time (25 hours) position offering varied shifts.

You will work within a trauma-informed framework to deliver compassionate, safe, and high-quality care in a supportive MDT environment. The role focuses on assessment, recording, and patient welfare, with emphasis on the RAID and Safe Ward models to reduce risk and support recovery.

Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register with a Foundation Degree
• Essential: GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language OR equivalent
• Essential: Understanding of NMC Code and professionalism at work

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Monitor patient conditions and escalate appropriately to a registered nurse
• Maintain accurate patient records in line with Trust policy
• Support trauma-informed care and promote patient wellbeing
• Demonstrate compassionate care and effective communication with patients and families
• Administer medicines and participate in routine nursing duties as required

Skills

Communication skills

Team working

Compassionate care

Trauma informed care

NMC standards awareness

Education

Foundation Degree in Nursing Associate

GCSEs in Maths & English

Tools

NMC Code proficiency

Electronic medical records

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our Low Secure Service (LSU) team at Prospect Place, Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale.

There is 1x full time role and 1x 25 hour part time role available.

Are you passionate about Trauma Informed Care? We are looking for dedicated, motivated, and compassionate individuals to join our team.

As a member of our team, you will:

• Act as a positive role model, reflecting the values of both the Trust and the unit.
• Contribute to providing high-quality, safe, secure, and therapeutic care.
• Help shape the future of this service, rated by the CQC as "Good", with a strong focus on staff wellbeing as well as patient care.
• As part of our Prospect Place team, you will play a key role in supporting service user recovery through a trauma-informed approach, underpinned by the RAID (Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive strategies) and Safe Ward models.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical: Under the supervision and working in partnership with a registered nurse provide and deliver a high standard of nursing care contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care based on evidence and working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide compassionate, safe and effective care and support to patients in a range of care settings.
• Monitor the condition and health needs of patients within their care on a continual basis in partnership with patients, families and carers, ensuring appropriate escalation to a registered nurse when required.
• Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and well-being.
• Promote comfort and well-being by ensuring that patients' personal and social needs are met and be able to care for a patient's nursing needs.
• To safely undertake the following procedures to meet the patient's nursing needs to include; undertaking routine procedures including venepuncture, ECG recording, measuring and interpreting blood glucose levels, recording and interpreting vital signs, continence care, bladder and bowel care, pressure area care, wound care, nutrition, hydration, foot care, skin integrity, mood identification (as outlined in the NMC Nursing Associate Skills Annex). Identify and report changes in a patient's condition to a registered nurse.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records in line with Trust policy and the NMC Code.

About us

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Job responsibilities

Communication: Communicate effectively with dignity and respect to all patients, relatives and others giving consideration to potential barriers to understanding. Communicate effectively with colleagues, providing clear verbal, digital or written information and instructions when sharing information, delegating or handing over responsibility for care. Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes. Report accidents, incidents, near misses or complaints following Trust policies / procedures. Contribute to a culture where all staff feel safe to raise their concerns and that speaking up about what these are is a normal part of their routine.

Medicines Management: Recognise the effects of medicines, allergies, drug sensitivity, side effects, contraindications and adverse reactions. Undertake safe and effective administration and optimisation of medicines in accordance with Trust policy and the NMC standards of proficiency for nursing associates. Administer medicines via the following routes, oral, topical, rectal, subcutaneous and intramuscular in line with NMC Standards and Trust policies.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register with a Foundation Degree
• Essential: GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language / New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language OR Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Equivalent (not entry level 2)

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Essential: Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Essential: Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
• Desirable: Experience of the speciality area

Knowledge

• Essential: Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
• Essential: Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code
• Essential: Knowledge of when to seek advice and elevate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
• Essential: Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
• Essential: Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans

Skills and Abilities

• Essential: Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Essential: Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Essential: Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
• Essential: Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients / relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Essential: Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
• Essential: Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
• Essential: Have effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise
• Essential: Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

• Employer name: Pennine Care NHS FT
• Address: Prospect Place, Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale, OL12 9QB, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact: Registered Nurse Associate/QNA, Innocent Mancho, [e-mail], 01706676139

Closing date: 06 November 2026

Reference number: 311-F960-26-B

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

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