Qualified Nursing Associate
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Northallerton, DL6 2FG
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
10 days left
Job description
An exciting fixed term (12 months) opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Nursing Associate to join the Hambleton and Richmondshire Older Adult Commun...
The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering high quality, patient centred, compassionate care under the direction of a multidisciplinary team with a focus on promoting health.
Following initial patient assessment completed by the Registered Nurse you will be responsible for implementing care plans, including providing information and advice to patients, clients and carers. In collaboration with the Registered Nurse evaluate and adjust programmes of care in partnership with patients, clients and carers and the multidisciplinary team.
You will promote health and provide and monitor care with all patients and carers. Delivering interventions to a high standard in line with the Trust governance framework.
The role requires you to respond to enquiries from relatives and carers, dealing with concerns and problem solve to improve the patients experience, escalating to the registered nurse as required.
Accurately undertake risk assessments, using contemporary assessment tools to improve safety and quality of care alongside the registered nurse.
Complete medication monitoring for patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medications and Lithium. This includes completing ECG's and Venepuncture and supporting the Band 5 registered nurse to maintaining these physical health monitoring requirements.
In addition, there will be the opportunity to support group interventions for our non-governed therapies.
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate Foundation Degree qualification
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Desirable
- Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice
Experience
Essential
- Up to date understanding of the scope of and role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and multidisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
Desirable
- Experience in a health care setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Skills
Essential
- 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 contact
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
- Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
2 September 2026
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