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Nursing Associate - Prison Mental Health Services
The closing date is 10 June 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered Nurse Associate to join the Mental Health Team in HMP Deerbolt.
The applicant must have already completed the Nursing Associate foundation degree and be a registered Nurse Associate on the NMC register. This post is not offering the training to gain this qualification.
Main duties of the job
As well as providing treatment and care to our patients, we aim to deliver a service that's empowering.You'll have excellent communication and organisational skills, your flexibility and can-do attitude will enable our patients to build on their existing strengths and feel positive about their lives.
This role will include co working a small caseload, co-creating care and intervention plans, leading on annual physical health checks and running depot clinics. You'll work in our multi-disciplinary team and play a vital role in providing safe, personalised, recovery-focused care.
About us
The Trust offer a variety of benefits including:
* Weekly CPD sessions
* Access to trust wide career development opportunities
* Working with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team
* Free on-site parking
* On site coffee shop and cafe
* Low cost on site gym facilities
* Support with your Revalidation
* Long service award
* 27 -33 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days
* Flexible working opportunities
* NHS car lease scheme
* Full Occupational health support
* Access to employee support, independent counselling, chaplaincy, Great career development opportunities
* Staff discounts with many retailers
* Mindfulness Sessions
* Access to Coaching
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
* GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
* Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice
Experience
* Up to date understanding of the scope of and role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and multidisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
* Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
* Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
* Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
* Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
* Experience in a health care setting
Knowledge
* Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
* Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Skills
* Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
* Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
* Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
* Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
* Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
* Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
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.
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