Nursing Associate

4 days ago

Worthing, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Full time

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The Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service (FOLS), is a community-based service operating across Sussex, providing holistic support to mentally disordered offenders.

We are currently seeking a full-time Band 4 Nursing Associate, to help us deliver bespoke physical and mental health well-being interventions. We will support you to work independently, under the guidance/direction of a Registered Nurse, to deliver a range of clinical activities in line with patients' individual care plans.

We are looking for an equally-minded individual who is enthusiastic, dynamic, demonstrates a strong sense of initiative, and who works well as part of a team. A friendly, caring attitude, a sense of humour and being supportive to your colleagues is also important.

**We will offer you**: a bespoke induction programme; excellent professional development opportunities; preceptorship; reflective practice and supervision from a highly experienced multidisciplinary team. All we ask is that you are committed to delivering a quality service to those under your care and that you are passionate in regards to developing and improving service provision.

As a Band 4 Nursing Associate, you will have completed your Nursing Associate training and be registered with the NMC.

Your main role within our team will be to provide a range of physical and mental health well-being assessments, activities and interventions to a specific group of patients under the care of the service, across Sussex. You will be working with patients with offending behaviours, including those under probation and on mental health act restriction orders under the Ministry of Justice.

You will work alongside Registered Nurses and other members of our multidisciplinary team, to deliver care across Sussex. You will be assigned a named mentor from within the team who will meet with you on a regular basis to support you clinically and professionally.

You'll need to be able to travel across the county, but we can be flexible with your work base in Sussex, as we currently have two bases - one at Hellingly (East Sussex) and the other in Worthing) West Sussex).

**Important info**:

- FOLS operational hours: Monday to Friday, 09.00 - 17.00.
- This post is 37.5hrs per week.
- Pay Band: AFC Band 4 (travel expenses are paid according to AFC)
- Base in East or West Sussex (see above)

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

**Aboutthe Trust**:
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.

**Working in Sussex**:

- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure.

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

**Other key staff survey results include**:

- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Forensic Outreach Liaison Service (FOLS)

**Main Responsibilities**:
As a Registered Nursing Associate within the Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service (FOLS) your main role will be to provide outstanding, evidence-based care to patients under our service. You will take a lead in offering and delivering physical health clinics, including health and well-being assessments, health promotion interventions, as well as assisting patients with activities of daily living and personal care, and medication administration/concordance as needed. You will liaise with the individual, their care team and carers as appropriate, to really listen and understand the individual's needs, ensuring that each package of care offered is truly personalised.

Another important aspect of the role will be to work closely with internal and external partner agencies to forge strong links and working relationships, and to increase knowledge of local services/well-being interventions/resources and access to them, for patients under our care in different areas across Sussex.

We would also encourage you to build on your own skills and knowledge, by keeping up-to-date with relevant training, but also to help us deliver the best possible service we can by actively engaging in quality improvement initiatives, and by sharing ideas and learning.

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