Registered Nurse Associate Community: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Mental Health Rehabilitation offers: a whole systems approach to recovery from mental illness that maximises the individuals quality of life and social inclusion by encouraging their skills promoting independence and autonomy in order to give them hope for the future and leads to successful community living through appropriate support.

The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Pathway provides high quality, safe and effective rehabilitation for adults with psychosis and complex mental disorder across Sussex. The team works collaboratively with patients who meet NICE guidance service criteria to deliver personalised rehabilitation in their local area to:* Support a personally meaningful recovery

*Improve subjective quality of life

*Enable social inclusion and participation in the wider community to achieve personal recovery goals

The Sussex Community Rehabilitation Service operates both short and long-term pathways, with short-term pathways temporary community rehabilitation input to people for up to 16 weeks and long-term pathways which offer input to people for an expected minimum of 3 years.

Main duties of the job

*A breadth of knowledge & skills providing holistic & person centred care & support for people of all ages, in a variety of settings

*Works independently under the leadership of registered nurses providing care, delivering all aspects of nursing processes

*Includes undertaking care & treatment tasks as directed by registered nurse within a range of mental health settings with patients experiencing a range of mental health issues. Includes observations & reporting on patients’ conditions

*Contribute to collaborative care planning & safety management in accordance with team approach

*Work flexibly & carry out short/long-term intervention case loads

*Carry out delegated tasks in accordance with care plans, risk management plans, with the support & guidance of lead practitioner & wider team

*Keep accurate records of all work undertaken

*Be managerially accountable to Team Leader

*Administer medication, monitor side effects

*Provide psychoeducation

*Link with wider community networks

*Offer physical health assessment, monitoring & health promotion

*Promote & display via personal actions & support Trust’s key policies on Equality & Diversity, Exemplar Employer using the recovery orientated approach for people with longer term problems

*Work under clinical supervision from a registered professional to provide high quality care & treatment with the multi-disciplinary team informed by excellent communication, analysis of information, planning & organisational skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
  • Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice

Desirable

  • Care Certificate

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Lived experience of mental health issues

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of the multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers
  • Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
  • Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
  • Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
  • Intermediate IT skills including sound working knowledge of Microsoft word and outlook
  • The ability to use clinical systems
  • Ability to administer injections with good hand eye co-ordination
  • Ability to travel across the designated area in response to service needs

Desirable

  • Supporting junior staff
  • Co-facilitating training/group work to carers and service users
  • Using resources within budget/keeping within our means

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

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