Community Nursing Associate - London, United Kingdom - South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of our Community Teams as either a Band 4 Nursing Associate.

This is a great opportunity to join one of our passionate and forward thinking teams, develop skills, and enhance your overall career pathway.

The Trust has a strong commitment to developing and supporting staff through their career with a range of opportunities to progress.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

The aim is to support all Nursing Associates whether you are newly qualifying, whether you have no community experience or are a Nursing Associate with community experience but want to join our Trust or want to develop further within a different team or Borough.

We aim to continue to develop your skills and knowledge as part of our staff development and career progression.

Our Support and Development Programme will provide the following:

Work based support & supervision.
Caseload Support and Management
Training Opportunities
Additional coaching and supervision from our Nursing Develop Team.
Career Progression clinics and meetings with Head of Nursing
Preceptorship programme 10 sessions (If within first year of qualification)
Addition monthly sessions to support role development.

Recruitment open day scheduled for: 20th July 2023

As a Community Mental Health Nursing Associate you will provide community patient led services and work with adults 18-65 years who have mental health issues, social needs and require support with their physical health needs by participating and leading within our health and well being clinics and visiting patients in the community to support their safety and recovery.

Our community multidisciplinary teams, comprise of nurses from Nursing Associates to Advanced Nurse Practitioners, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, employment specialists, mental health practitioners, recovery support workers and peer support workers.

The teams are supported by good administrative systems and offers excellent working environments as we transform our older buildings into new with an ethos of team support and team ownership with supportive team managers and community leadership.

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.

In this role you will be able to workMonday to Fridayin the time frames from9amto5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health.

The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together.

We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world.

More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our locations:

We have 5 Boroughs which you can choose to work:

Royal Borough of Kingston
Merton Borough
Sutton Borough
Richmond Borough
Wandsworth Borough

The Nursing Associate to Nursing will deliver high quality compassionate care.

They will be competent to carry out tasks without direct supervision and will have an awareness of when to ask for guidance.

They will be supervised by a Registered Nurse.

The Nursing Associate / Associate Practitioner will have completed a set of competency assessments that supports their practice.

Following assessments of patients, supporting the management of care needs through:

Initial data collection
Monitoring of individual patient progress
Feedback and discussion
Providing interventions and treatment
Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse.
Supporting the fundamentals of care - physical, mental health and social.
To be aware of, and assist in meeting, the holistic needs of all patients, such as psychological, social, physical, recreational and spiritual needs
Recognising and valuing patients as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the patient's respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the careprovided