Registered Nursing Associate
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Knowsley, L36 6GAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
9 days leftJob description
Knowsley Treatment Rooms are looking to recruit a full time permanent Band 4 Nursing associate to join our team.In return we offer the opportunity to ...
Wound care
Administering injections
Applying Compression bandages
Ear irrigation
Removal of sutures/clips
Wound care
Administering injections
Applying Compression bandages
Ear irrigation
Removal of sutures/clips
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Skills
Essential: - Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise; - Intermediate IT skills; - Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable: - Skills in audit and improvement methodology or willing to undertake
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member under appropriate supervision
- Ability to work independently and to use own initiative as appropriate and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to deal with non routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
Desirable: - Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff; - Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice as outlined in the Code
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing (Making Every Contact Count)
Qualifications
Essential: - Nursing Associate Foundation Degree from an approved programme; - NMC Registered as a Nursing Associate
Desirable: - Additional post registration qualification relevant to field of practice
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
21 October 2026
Last checked
23 October 2026
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