Mental Health Nursing Associate

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit 3 highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Mental Health Nurse Assiocates to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP/YOI Bronzefield; HMP Coldingley & HMP Send.

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.

Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.

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.

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

The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.

All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of a Nursing Associate in Central and North West London NHS Trust show how you can help the Trust deliver safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

You will work as part of a multi-professional team and will be expected to:
Be accountable for your practice to a registered nurse

Participate in regular supervision with that registered nurse

Supervise, help training and delegate to other members of the team e.g. Health Care Assistants

Participate in team meetings and help develop the team

Contributing to creating and maintaining a high performing team by:
communicating well with all members of the team

understanding