Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-CYP-8702
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 15 Forest Lane, Kingsley Green Harper Lane Radlett WD7 9HQ
- Town
- Radlett
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum, pro rata + 5% of basic salary (min £1,192 max £2,011)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse Associate, CYP Eating Disorders
NHS AfC: Band 4
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time registered Nurse Associate in our award winning CYP Community Eating Disorders Team. This is a dynamic and evolving service supporting children and families in the Hertfordshire community, and by way of a new service development offering intensive day treatment and in reach support across Tier 3 to Tier 4 pathways.
Main duties of the job
This is an established role in an established service. The Nursing Associate will hold a caseload and deliver evidence-based treatment to young people suffering with an eating disorder under the supervision of the nursing team. They may also run an ECG/medical monitoring clinic and offer physical health assessment to compliment the comprehensive psychological, developmental, and social assessment undertaken by members of the MDT.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan and across the fields of Nursing providing holistic and person-centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.
Nursing Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to employment as a Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised code of conduct.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice
- GCSEs Grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- QCF in Care/Health and Social Care Level 2/3 or equivalent experience
- Care certificate
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working within a health/care setting
Knowledge . Skills . Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- IT skills appropriate to the role
- Ability to work well in a team
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
- Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered health or care professional
- Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cathy Godfrey
- Job title
- Operations Manager, CYP Eating Disorder Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07827 347490
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