Registered Nursing Associate

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Salford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) is hiring a Registered Nurse Associate to join the Salford Community Mental Health Teams. The role focuses on physical health assessments and monitoring within a busy multidisciplinary team, alongside mental health care.

Training and support are provided within a dynamic, fast-paced CMHT environment. The post requires Nursing Associate qualification and registration with the professional body, plus experience in mental health settings and collaboration

Qualifications

• Qualification as a nursing associate.
• Registered with professional body.
• Experience in community mental health setting.
• Experience working in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Health Promotion.
• Physical Health Improvement Tool (PHIT).
• Supporting Clozapine, mood stabiliser and depot clinics.
• Undertake venepuncture as required within the PHIT tool.
• Undertake ECG as required within the PHIT tool.
• Support annual flu vaccination clinics.

Education

Nursing Associate qualification

Registered with professional body

Job description

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) Job ref 437-7986557

Site Ramsgate House CMHT Town Salford Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

At GMMH we are investing significantly into our Community Mental Health provision.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Community Mental Health Teams in Salford. We are looking to recruit a Registered Nurse Associate to work within the CMHTs, focusing on undertaking Physical Health Care assessments and monitoring physical health, alongside other service user and carer interventions.

Salford CMHTs are fast paced, dynamic, supportive, well performing teams within the Salford directorate of GMMH covering a wide geographical area and varying service user and carer needs.

The successful applicant will have some experience of working with service users with mental health issues. The post holder alongside the physical health nurse will be able to hold physical health clinics and work as part of a busy multi-disciplinary team supporting service users address their physical and mental health needs.

Main duties of the job

• Health Promotion
• Physical Health Improvement Tool
• Supporting with Clozapine, Mood stabiliser and Depot clinics
• Undertake Venepuncture as required within the PHIT Tool or directed by the senior nurse or medic.
• Undertake ECG as required within the PHIT Tool or directed by the senior nurse or medic.
• Supporting annual flu vaccination clinics if required

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Registered Nurse Associate will deliver high level, quality care and evidence-based interventions within a multi-disciplinary team. The Assistant Practitioner will provide planned care and be able to take appropriate action to achieve the planned aims and objectives.

The Registered Nurse Associate will be competent in:

• Health Promotion

Discussion and signposting with service users around lifestyle, smoking, diet, exercise, diabetes, cholesterol, alcohol etc. Offer brief interventions and make referrals to relevant services such as weight management or exercise.

• Physical Health Improvement Tool

Ensure PHIT targets for metabolic screening completed yearly for service users who meet the PHIT criteria. Ensure PHIT assessments completed and results inputted and shared with service user, GP, care coordinator/medic. Ensure all interventions recorded through the progress note tile on PARIS. Refer to specialist nurses e.g. drugs and alcohol as appropriate and liaise with community staff. Ensure all service users who meet the PHIT criteria have PHIT reviewed 12 monthly Reviewed at 6 months and then every 6 months thereafter. Assisting in the achievement of CQUIN and KPI targets for physical health care.

• Undertake Venepuncture as required within the PHIT Tool or directed by the senior nurse or medic.
• Undertake ECG as required within the PHIT Tool or directed by the senior nurse or medic.

Undertake quality checks where required. Ensure medical device faults are reported and followed up. Report all problems to Senior Nurse Practitioner

• Supporting annual flu vaccination clinics

Support qualified staff with flu vaccinations clinic. Give influenza vaccine under supervision of Senior Nurse Practitioner.

Please see full Job description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.

Please see attached job description and person specification

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Awareness of interaction of physical and mental health
• Knowledge and experience of mental health and social care
• Venepuncture
• BLS
• Blood result awareness in relation to physical health
• Experience and knowledge of MHA/MCA

Experience

• Assessing physical health needs Awareness of mental health and physical health and how it interacts. Have the ability to work on their own initiative under appropriate supervision and engage in reflective practice Have experience of delivering person centred care under the supervision of a RN Have experience of working in collaboration with members of a multidisciplinary team in delivering care
• Have previously completed a placement or have been employed in a community mental health setting.

Qualifications

• Qualification as a nursing associate
• Registered with professional body

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

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.

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