Nursing Associate | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	19 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	18 Ionawr 2026
Lleoliad:	Thatcham, RG18 3HD
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7694190/371-CHS1138

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An opportunity has arisen to join our Community Nursing Team as a Assistant Practitioner working as an integral part of a Community Nursing service within the Newbury locality.

If you are interested in:
• Working with a progressive group of professionals that have the patient’s needs at its centre
• Having the autonomy and the ability to exercise clinical reasoning and decision making that is critical for the care you need to give
• Having the opportunity to develop your career further
• Having the authority to affect change to your patient’s life “in real time” through access to all service within the Integrated community services with no barriers
• Gaining experience in holistic delivery of care for patients in their own homes.

…………. then this would be the perfect opportunity.
• Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients within agreed trust policies/ protocols, as documented in the band 4 competency assessment tool.

• Contribute to the holistic assessment and management of patients care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of patients progress, feedback discussion reports and in care reviews with the Community Nursing Team

• Develop, implement and evaluate nursing plans in response to identified needs of the individual, carers and community in partnership with clients

• To provide care according to the available evidence of best practice.

• To identify and plan preventative measures and anticipatory care needs in discussion with registered nursing staff.

• Accurately use contemporary nutritional assessment tools and record fluid intake to identify signs of dehydration or fluid retention and escalate as necessary

• To be involved in the management of End of Life care and work in partnership with health, social and voluntary agencies to ensure patients are treated with dignity and respect, and to support their families and carers.


Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites



The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: 
• Qualified Assistant Practitioner
• Exhibit professional behaviour and attitude at all times. Demonstrate excellent customer care skills.
• .Able to undertake holistic, personalised assessments and promote self-care and independence

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Team Leaders – Helen Daw on helen.daw@berkshire.nhs.uk, Tel 07717 507360 or Sian Banwell on sian.banwell@berkshire.nhs.uk, Tel 07971 314572 who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.


This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026

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