Mental Health Nursing Associate: Sponsorship Available

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Mental Health Nursing Associates to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Female Service Line Health & Justice teams across our at

  • HMP/YOI Bronzefield, Ashford Middx
  • HMP Downview, Sutton, Surrey
  • HMP Send, Ripley, Woking

(please indicate your preferred site on your application)

By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient’s healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.

We are lucky to be able to offer opportunities to undertake your registered nursing degree via our apprenticeship route and can also offer all newly qualified nursing associates a 12 month preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

  • Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team & be accountable to the registered nurses they work with
  • Be accountable as professionals registered with the NMC & work to the Code for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates
  • Promote health & prevent ill health
  • Provide & monitor care
  • Work to improve safety & the quality of care

As a Nurse Associate you may be expected to practice any of the skills listed in the NMC; Standards of Proficiency skills annexes or be responsible for the care delivered to a number of service users but you will always be supervised by a registered nurse & receive support from the wider multi- disciplinary team. We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together & in partnership with other teams & services to provide seamless care.

Values

  • As a Nurse Associate we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment & recognise that what you do & say helps can make the lives of others better.
  • We expect you to RESPECT everyone & acknowledge & welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.
  • We expect you to EMPOWER others & continually try to provide information, resources & support to help others make their own decisions & meet their own needs.
  • We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP & behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners & users of our services are the people who generate & pay for our work.

About us

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:

  • Monthly supervision
  • Annual personal development plans/appraisals
  • Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.

Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:

  • Preceptorship Programme
  • Support and guidance with Revalidation
  • Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:

  • Health and wellbeing services
  • Season ticket loans
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Relocation package

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSEs Grade A-C in Maths and English or key skills level 2 in Maths and English
  • Demonstrable ability to study at Level 5 Diploma of Higher Education Level and commit to completing the Foundation Degree programme
  • Qualified Nursing Associate

Desirable

  • Care certificate or equivalent

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a health or caring setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a secure environment

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
  • Understand the role of the Nursing Associate
  • Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
  • Intermediate IT skills
  • Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers
  • Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
  • Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being (Making Every Contact Count)

Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics

Essential

  • Willingness to learn and develop; recognises the need for flexibility
  • Able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team

Other

Essential

  • Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
  • Ability to promote and work in line with the working model of a 7 day a week service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 03 November 2024

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