An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service as a Nurse Associate. The post will form part of a seven day service based within one of the Trust's locality teams. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.
We are looking for a Nurse Associate who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.
Main duties of the job
This is a service which is at the forefront of the NHS Long Term Plan Agenda, to develop Urgent Community Response Services. As well aiming to improve our local system responsiveness to managing community health crisis response services. This role offers an ideal opportunity for a Nurse Associate to join the established Multidisciplinary Team and continue to help shape our future.
Working alongside medics, social workers, therapists, and in partnership with GPs, Shropdoc, 111 WMAS, CCC and other healthcare professionals. Your role will be to ensure the continuation of a seamless service to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
The successful applicants will require the appropriate skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, and be registered with the NMC. As well as sharing the Trusts vision to provide assessment and delivery of comprehensive, holistic, evidence-based nursing and care support for the management of acutely unwell patients referred to the Shropshire UCR.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working as an Nurse Associate within the NHS or other care setting
Training & Qualifications
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
* Educated to level 5 Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation degree in nursing associate practice / Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Certificate
Knowledge & Skills
* Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* IT skills appropriate to the role
* 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
* Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development
Other
* Ability to meet the travel needs of the role
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.
£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum (as of August 2025)
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