Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-ESU7875179
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Woodlands - Poppy Ward
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 gross per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Associate
Band 4
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 Nurse Associate to join the team on Poppy 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
Poppy Ward is a male acute admission ward. As part of our ongoing strive for excellence we are developing a 'care team' approach around patient centred care.
The Nurse 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. Nurse Associates 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
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate – on the NMC Register
- Care certificate or relevant equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in an NHS health care setting
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
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the work-load and individual SU contact
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Benn Green
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 978320
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