Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a brand new service for West Yorkshire and Barnsley delivering inpatient services to people with a learning disability. Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have come together to provide specialist inpatient services from two units at the Horizon Centre in Wakefield and a new assessment and treatment unit (ATU) at Lynfield Mount Hospital in Bradford called the Najurally centre.
Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust are also part of the governance and assurance group to ensure that the new arrangement works for people in Leeds, but the Trust is no longer a provider of inpatient services.
Our ambition is to create a West Yorkshire Centre of Excellence across these two units, providing great support for people through a truly collaborative partnership approach that benefits those in need of specialist inpatient care. We aspire to make this a great place to work and to do that, we need you!
Closing Date - 26th May 2024
Shortlisting Date - 28th May 2023
Proposed Interview Date - 6th June 2023
Main duties of the job
We are looking for kind, enthusiastic, caring, compassionate, and motivated people who really want to make a difference to people's lives, and who can also help us realise our ambitions to serve the people living across West Yorkshire and Barnsley, so that they can access high quality, specialised care as close to home as possible.
We have a post for band 4 Qualified Nurse associate available at the Bradford Najurally Centre.
Our aim is to create a culture of continuous improvement, inclusivity and trust. We encourage and celebrate diversity, and welcome candidates who reflect the communities we support.
A friendly service where we promote work-life balance, flexible working, and local recognition awards for a great job done, which meets the needs of people, we aim to offer as much flexibility as we can whether that's job share, part-time or other work pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge and skills 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, providing nursing care and delivering all aspects of the nursing process. This includes undertaking a full range of routine care and treatment tasks as directed by the Registered Nurse in a range of health care settings with patients who are experiencing a range of physical and/or mental health issues.
The Nursing Associate will be 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 under the professional regulatory body of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The role of the Registered Nursing Associate spans services who deliver care pre-conception to end of life. The post holder will be exposed to the delivery of holistic care across the life-course during their pre-registration training programme and hence develop competence in delivering care via a whole-person approach. This approach considers and equally values physical, psychological and public health needs, learning disabilities, social, economic, spiritual and other factors in the assessing, planning and delivery of care.
The Nursing Associate is enabled to practice in the widest range of settings as well as being equipped with the specific knowledge, skills and capabilities required for the context in which they have trained and are employed.
On qualification the post holder will complete a 12-month Preceptorship programme including local competencies for skills and alongside an overarching framework of supportive workshops to enable a managed and monitored transition from learner to Nursing Associate
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge and skills 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, providing nursing care and delivering all aspects of the nursing process. This includes undertaking a full range of routine care and treatment tasks as directed by the Registered Nurse in a range of health care settings with patients who are experiencing a range of physical and/or mental health issues.
The Nursing Associate will be 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 under the professional regulatory body of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The role of the Registered Nursing Associate spans services who deliver care pre-conception to end of life. The post holder will be exposed to the delivery of holistic care across the life-course during their pre-registration training programme and hence develop competence in delivering care via a whole-person approach. This approach considers and equally values physical, psychological and public health needs, learning disabilities, social, economic, spiritual and other factors in the assessing, planning and delivery of care.
The Nursing Associate is enabled to practice in the widest range of settings as well as being equipped with the specific knowledge, skills and capabilities required for the context in which they have trained and are employed.
On qualification the post holder will complete a 12-month Preceptorship programme including local competencies for skills and alongside an overarching framework of supportive workshops to enable a managed and monitored transition from learner to Nursing Associate
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BAND 4 nurse associate
- RCN registration
Experience skills knowledge
Essential
- experience of working in an inpatient / hospital setting
- To be able to demonstrate some knowledge, understanding, experience and interest in working with individuals with a learning disability and or mental health
Desirable
- experience knowledge and skills around PBS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BAND 4 nurse associate
- RCN registration
Experience skills knowledge
Essential
- experience of working in an inpatient / hospital setting
- To be able to demonstrate some knowledge, understanding, experience and interest in working with individuals with a learning disability and or mental health
Desirable
- experience knowledge and skills around PBS
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
