This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Deaf inpatient service as a Nursing Associate. This is a great opportunity to join one of our passionate and forward‑thinking specialist inpatient wards for Deaf adults with mental health needs to develop skills and enhance your overall career pathway.
Responsibilities
* Support patients with their daily care and recovery
* Work closely with nurses, doctors, and therapists
* Help deliver safe and high‑quality care
* Communicate using BSL (or be willing to learn)
* Enhance physical healthcare within the mental health setting
* Support patients with personal care and daily living
* Help run and support activities and groups
* Work with patients to support their care plans
* Observe and report changes in mental or physical health
* Record clear and accurate notes
* Support a safe ward environment
* Work autonomously within the parameters of the role, leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery‑focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
* Lead on and undertake activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met – nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
* Escort service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.
* Facilitate the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring their needs are met, including property checks, orientation to services, and ensuring community support needs are met.
* Advocate for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encourage and empower service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
* Subject to the requirements of a particular service area and within the confines of the role, following trust policy/gov regulatory guidance, and upon successful completion of an approved programme of study and competency assessment signed by ward manager for the clinical area, administer routine medications.
* Support and ensure the day‑to‑day smooth running of the clinical area, including coordinating and prioritising activities.
Qualifications
* Qualified or soon to be qualified Nursing Associate.
Benefits
* Flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment.
* We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti‑racist.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026.
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