Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing Associate
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am-5pm)
- Job ref
- 301-LG-25-7223503
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Friary Centre Lichfield/Queens Hospital Burton/County Hospital
- Town
- Staffordshire
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
B4 Nursing Associate
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Band 4
Nursing Associate
30 hours per week
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nursing Associate to join our South Staffordshire Community Learning Disability Team. You would cover the South Staffordshire area, and we have bases in both Lichfield and Stafford.
We are an award-winning service and rapidly expanding to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities in the community.
You would work as part of a multi-professional team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Speech and Language Therapists.
You will work collaboratively with the Specialist Community Learning Disability Team, mainstream services and statutory and Independent Sector Services. You will visit clients in their own homes, in day services, in residential care homes or in other community settings.
This post includes 2/3 days working at Queens Hospital and County Hospital supporting the Acute Nurse Liaison with reasonable adjustments for service users attending outpatient appointments or who have been admitted to the wards. 1/2 days a week will be supporting service users in the community and may include those that are attending outpatient appointments at Queens Hospital or County Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity for anyone that has a passion for supporting people with learning disabilities in the community and reducing health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
Previous experience of working with people with learning disabilities in the community is essential. The post holder will need to be able to meet the travelling requirements of the post and access to a car is essential. If you feel you have the skills to join this team please do not hesitate to apply.
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification to understand about this particular role.
JOB PURPOSE:
To work as part of the Community Learning Disabilities Team for the South Staffordshire area. The post holder will work in a person centred way providing support to registered staff (Nurses, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists) working with adults with learning disabilities and complex healthcare needs.
This may involve carrying out specific health focussed activities, observing behaviour or gaining information from staff or families. Information gained will play an important part in the formulation of the difficulties experienced by the service user.
The post requires travel across the area covered by the community team. This post will require the post holder to be able to work in Queens Hospital, Burton and County Hospital 2/3 days a week supporting people with a learning disability to ensure that reasonable adjustments are supported during their stay. This will be under the guidance of the Acute Liaison Nurse.
Working for our organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Nursing Associate will:
• Work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or other registered care professional as appropriate.
• Be accountable for own actions or omissions ensuring mindfulness of the NMC Code of Conduct for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates.
• Demonstrate skills to maintain professional standards of record keeping.
• Follow all information governance guidance, standards and policies.
• Maintain confidentiality as outlined within data protection policies
• Identify the need for policy development and or amendment to existing policies to ensure safe and effective inter-professional clinical care delivery.
• Share ideas with colleagues to improve care and suggest areas for innovation.
• Participate in audit activities being undertaken in area of practice or across the service.
• Contribute to the improvement of service by reflecting on own practice and supporting that of others.
• Adhere to legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines both local and national.
• Regularly attend workplace and staff engagement meetings and contribute positively to discussions about the improvement of care.
• Continue to develop and improve practical and theoretical knowledge, competence and skills and maintain all evidence required.
• Contribute towards developing a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments
Clinical Responsibilities – Individual’s Care
The Nursing Associate will:
• Act in the best interest of the patients and their family.
• Put people first and provide nursing care that is person centred, safe and compassionate.
• Act professionally at all times in line with the organisations values and behaviours.
• Use the knowledge and experience to make evidence based decisions and solve problems.
• Recognise and work within the limits of their competence as defined by the NMC standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates.
• Be able to identify own role boundaries.
• Be responsible for own actions and omissions and escalate concerns appropriately.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to Nursing Associate practice.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and complex health needs.
- Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community learning disability team.
- Experience of working with an Acute Liaison Nurse.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the role of the Acute Liaison Nurse.
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient/ service user contact.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Diane Goodwin
- Job title
- Clinical Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 790 7000
List jobs with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors