About this role
Job summary
Are you a motivated and compassionate Nursing Associate with a passion for delivering high-quality patient care? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We are seeking a Nursing Associate to join our Treatment Rooms Service. The successful candidate will have demonstrable clinical experience, a broad range of practical clinical skills, and the confidence to work autonomously within their scope of practice while contributing effectively to the wider multidisciplinary team.
The role involves providing a range of treatment room interventions, supporting patients with wound care, dressings, injections, and other delegated clinical procedures, ensuring safe, effective, and timely care.
The postholder will be required to travel regularly across multiple Treatment Room sites. Therefore, the post holder will need to travel between sites.
Main duties of the job
The Nursing Associate will work as part of the Treatment Rooms multidisciplinary team, supporting the Registered Nurse in the assessment, planning, organisation and delivery of high-quality clinical care in line with service and patient needs.
The postholder will provide holistic, person-centred care to patients attending Treatment Rooms, undertaking a range of delegated clinical interventions within their scope of practice, including wound management, dressings, injections and other treatment room procedures following appropriate training and competency assessment.
Working under the leadership and direction of registered nurses, the Nursing Associate will contribute to all aspects of the nursing process, promoting patient health, wellbeing and self-management, while helping to ensure safe, effective and timely care delivery.
Nursing Associates are accountable professionals who work within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code and Standards of Proficiency. The postholder must recognise and work within the limits of their competence, maintaining their professional development and contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care within the community setting.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) will work as part of the multidisciplinary team within South Sefton treatment rooms , delivering high-quality, person-centred care under the direction of registered nurses. The RNA will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, supporting patients with a range of health needs and interventions.
Main Responsibilities
- Deliver safe and effective care to patients in line with individual care plans and clinical guidelines.
- Support registered nurses in the assessment and monitoring of patients, escalating concerns appropriately.
- Administer medications and treatments within scope of practice and in accordance with NMC standards.
- Promote health and wellbeing through education, advice, and support to patients and carers.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records using electronic systems.
- Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development.
- Work collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to ensure coordinated care.
- Uphold professional standards and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and development.
- Supervise and support junior staff and students as appropriate.
- Adhere to Mersey Cares values and policies, including safeguarding, infection control, and equality and diversity.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with members of the public and health and care providers
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being
- Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff
- Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning (Making Every Contact Count)
Desirable
- Skills in audit and improvement methodology or willing to undertake
Experience
Desirable
- Evidence of improvement in support / development of less experienced staff
- Evidence of recent work based learning or self directed learning
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
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team member under appropriate supervision
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
- Ability to work independently and to use own initiative as appropriate and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to deal with nonroutine 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
- 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
Values
Essential
- Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all
- Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
- Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
- Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
- Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
South Sefton Treatment rooms
Sefton Road
Litherland
L21 9HE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)