Job Description

Job overview

Are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate & individualised care, driving quality improvement and looking to add value to an inpatient mental health team?



We have an exciting opportunity for a nursing associate or assistant practitioner to join the team on Sandringham ward. If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be part of our team.

Main duties of the job

Sandringham ward is a 16 bed male functional admission ward. As part of our ongoing strive for excellence we are developing a 'care team' approach around patient centred care.



The Nursing associate will take part in ongoing assessments, they will plan, deliver and evaluate the needs of our service users, in accordance with their Care Plans. They will take part in ongoing risk assessments, recognising and responding to any changes, ensuring that the care and safety of the service user remains the priority. Nursing associate will work as part of the MDT under the supervision of qualified nurses.



The role also provides the opportunity to provide therapeutic interventions, both 1:1 and within a group setting, to further enhance the care and support offered to our service users.

Working for our organisation

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:-


NHS pension A comprehensive in house & external training programmes Career progression Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Staff physio service NHS discounts and many more.

We are working hard to maintain usual recruitment process however please be aware that we may ask you to be interviewed via MS Teams rather than in person. Please also bear with us as we endeavour to recruit people in these unprecedented times.



Interviews are to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

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Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register Care Certificate #

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous experience of working in an NHS health care setting

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in other NHS settings #

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Reasonable confidence and competence in using IT systems (e.g. Outlook, Word, clinical or other record systems) relevant to the role. #

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of the scope and the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development

Desirable criteria

Understanding of evidence based practice #

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to move between Trust sites as required by the needs of the service Ability to work on own initiative Ability to take part in clinical supervision and reflective practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.