Registered Nursing Associate

North West Borough Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a motivated Nursing Associate to join the Treatment Rooms Service in South Sefton. You will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care under the direction of registered nurses, performing wound care, dressings, injections and other delegated procedures across sites.

You will work autonomously within your scope, contribute to assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, maintain accurate records, and support junior staff while upholding

Qualifications

• Must be a Nursing Associate with Foundation Degree
• Registered with the NMC as a Nursing Associate
• Ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams
• Commitment to safeguarding and infection control

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, high-quality care within scope and under supervision
• Assist with wound care, dressings, injections and delegated procedures
• Maintain accurate clinical records and participate in audits
• Support junior staff and learners as appropriate
• Work across multiple Treatment Room sites ensuring patient-centred care

Skills

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Patient-centred care

Clinical decision-making

Autonomous practice

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

NMC Registered as Nursing Associate

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to our work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Candidates attending interview will be required to provide original photographic identification where available. Where suitable photographic identification is not available, a photograph will be taken at interview for identity verification purposes. Successful candidates will also be required to complete digital identity and right to work checks via TrustID, including facial recognition and image matching technology, to verify their identity throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Identity verification will also be undertaken on the first day of employment in line with NHS employment check requirements.

Job overview

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 Midwipry 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) will work as part of the multidisciplinary team within South Sefton treatment rooms , delivering high-quality, person-centred care under the direction of registered nurses. The RNA will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, supporting patients with a range of health needs and interventions.

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 Care's values and policies, including safeguarding, infection control, and equality and diversity.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria

• 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)

Desirable criteria

• Skills in audit and improvement methodology or willing to undertake

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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)

Desirable criteria

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

Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Additional post registration qualification relevant to field of practice

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.