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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-AC-21021
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chapel Street Clinic
Town
Chichester
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Nurse Associate

NHS AfC: Band 4

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

The Chichester Assessment and Treatment Service are looking for a Nurse Associate to join the team. We work with adults living with mental illness, supporting their recovery and helping them to develop skills and strategies to maintain their wellbeing. We are a dynamic and friendly team who will support you with your growth and development as a clinician. You will be offered plenty of support along with mentorship and clinical supervision from senior nursing colleagues, proactive managerial supervision and the chance to undertake training courses relevant to your professional practice.

Our forward thinking and supportive team will work closely with you to encourage you to develop your own specialist skills, knowledge and competence through participation, reflection, supervision and training and your development will be guided using the Trust’s appraisal process.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Marylinda Gororo Service Manager 0300 304 0400

Main duties of the job

As a Nurse Associate  in our service you will be working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including social workers, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists and medics. You will work with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, providing specialist interventions and acting in the role of Lead Practitioner for a defined caseload of clients under the supervision of one of our Mental Health Nurses.  We encourage knowledge sharing and teamwork so all team members are involved with the full range of best practice interventions. You will benefit from regular caseload reviews and we are currently developing family interventions within our service, with plenty of opportunities for you to become involved.

Working for our organisation

As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

As a Mental Health Practitioner in our team we can offer you:

  • Access to full psychological and wellbeing support, via our internal wellbeing team
  • Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
  • Free parking on-site
  • Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
  • A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC
  • Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The nursing associate will:
Promote health and safety maintaining best practice in health, safety and security.
Share ideas with colleagues to improve care and suggest areas for innovation.
Participate in audit activities being undertaken in area of practice.
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.
Contribute to quality of care through Evidence Based Practice by participating in audits and research.

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

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting either paid or voluntary
  • 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Marylinda Gororo
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 304 0400
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