Nursing Associate

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 4 Associate Nurse - Lancaster and Morecambe

Essential Qualifications:

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
On-going registration with the NMC

An interesting and varied full time vacancy has become available for a qualified Band 4 Associate Nurse Practitioner. The role will primarily be in the older adult CMHT function within the wider integrated services.

The core responsibilities of the post will be to oversee and monitor your own caseload and support senior staff in delivering quality care and treatment programmes to patients with mental health challenges. Supervision will be provided to support you in the role

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about the role and, its development, and be driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population

Main duties of the job

In addition to core professional skills, the post holder will also be expected to undertake a range of other generic clinical duties to support the team functions and be responsive to the needs of patients, their family and carers.

The role will involve working within a MDT to support older adult mental health service users in the community to remain at home and prevent hospital admission.

Please see the job description for further details about the role and expectations

Please contact us for more details/informal chat on the details provided

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

29 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY671-EB

Job locations

De-Vitre House

Lancaster

LA1 5AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs
Excellent communication, listening, decision-making and problem solving skills

Qualifications

Essential

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
On-going registration with the NMC
Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice

Knowledge

Essential

Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments
Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs
Excellent communication, listening, decision-making and problem solving skills

Qualifications

Essential

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
On-going registration with the NMC
Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice

Knowledge

Essential

Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments
Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health

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.