# Band 4 Nursing Associate

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nursing associate
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Applicants will be required to work night duty
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-17T09:12:57.609Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Barnet/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing_Associate/Nursing_Associate-v8152337
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8152337?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the ED. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, team work, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and initiative are paramount.

You will embrace the challenge of working as a Nursing Associate in a highly diverse environment, you will be registered with the NMC and have experience of working in an acute hospital environment.

As a nursing associate in the Emergency Department you will be need to be flexible and able to adapt to meet the needs of the department day to day. This includes assisting with basic nursing care through to caring for your own caseload of patients.

You will need to have experience of working in an acute hospital environment as well as a Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner qualification at level 4. Experience of working with patients acutely unwell would be an advantage

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team in the Emergency Department at Barnet Hospital.

We can offer you a diverse working environment whilst allowing you to develop your Clinical skills, knowledge and expertise giving you the opportunity to gain advanced specialised skills to care for patients with complex needs.

You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the ED. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, team work, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and initiative are paramount.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

## Person Specification

### Others

**Essential**

- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organization, and ho the role may contribute to service development
- Understands and acts in line with the NMC professional standards for practice contained with The Code
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escale to the appropriate professional expert help and advice
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working 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 and aptitudes

**Essential**

- Ability to organize and prioritise own delegated workload
- Able to undertake the clinical skills outlined in the Job description
- 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, assess and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates, nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting.

### Royal Free World Class Values

**Essential**

- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

### Personal Qualities & attributes

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
- Excellent time management skills

### Education & professional Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths and English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent

## Documents

- [ps (pdf, 312.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10464530)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 113.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452187)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 385.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452186)
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