Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (long days / Long nights)
- Job ref
- 453-24-6221111
- Employer
- Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Assessment and Treatment unit , Lynfield Mount Hospital
- Town
- Bradford
- Salary
- £23,949 - £26,282 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Qualified Nurse Associate
NHS AfC: Band 4
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a brand new service for West Yorkshire and Barnsley delivering inpatient services to people with a learning disability. Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have come together to provide specialist inpatient services from two units at the Horizon Centre in Wakefield and a new assessment and treatment unit (ATU) at Lynfield Mount Hospital in Bradford called the Najurally centre.
Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust are also part of the governance and assurance group to ensure that the new arrangement works for people in Leeds, but the Trust is no longer a provider of inpatient services.
Our ambition is to create a West Yorkshire Centre of Excellence across these two units, providing great support for people through a truly collaborative partnership approach that benefits those in need of specialist inpatient care. We aspire to make this a great place to work and to do that, we need you!
Closing Date - 26th May 2024
Shortlisting Date - 28th May 2023
Proposed Interview Date - 6th June 2023
Main duties of the job
We are looking for kind, enthusiastic, caring, compassionate, and motivated people who really want to make a difference to people’s lives, and who can also help us realise our ambitions to serve the people living across West Yorkshire and Barnsley, so that they can access high quality, specialised care as close to home as possible.
We have a post for band 4 Qualified Nurse associate available at the Bradford Najurally Centre.
Our aim is to create a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity and trust. We encourage and celebrate diversity, and welcome candidates who reflect the communities we support.
A friendly service where we promote work-life balance, flexible working, and local recognition awards for a great job done, which meets the needs of people, we aim to offer as much flexibility as we can whether that’s job share, part-time or other work pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge and skills providing holistic and person-centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses, providing nursing care and delivering all aspects of the nursing process. This includes undertaking a full range of routine care and treatment tasks as directed by the Registered Nurse in a range of health care settings with patients who are experiencing a range of physical and/or mental health issues.
The Nursing Associate will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised code of conduct under the professional regulatory body of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The role of the Registered Nursing Associate spans services who deliver care pre-conception to end of life. The post holder will be exposed to the delivery of holistic care across the life-course during their pre-registration training programme and hence develop competence in delivering care via a whole-person approach. This approach considers and equally values physical, psychological and public health needs, learning disabilities, social, economic, spiritual and other factors in the assessing, planning and delivery of care.
The Nursing Associate is enabled to practice in the widest range of settings as well as being equipped with the specific knowledge, skills and capabilities required for the context in which they have trained and are employed.
On qualification the post holder will complete a 12-month Preceptorship programme including local competencies for skills and alongside an overarching framework of supportive workshops to enable a managed and monitored transition from learner to Nursing Associate
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BAND 4 nurse associate
- RCN registration
Experience skills knowledge
Essential criteria
- experience of working in an inpatient / hospital setting
- To be able to demonstrate some knowledge, understanding, experience and interest in working with individuals with a learning disability and or mental health
Desirable criteria
- experience knowledge and skills around PBS
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
- Robert Walker
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274 251589
- Additional information
/ 01274 251588
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