# Nursing Associate > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/nursing-associate/af0ee288-8c7f-41f0-a65b-2fd6ed177962 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/nursing-associate/af0ee288-8c7f-41f0-a65b-2fd6ed177962.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Trinity Building, Springfield University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nursing associate - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £33,262 - £36,027 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T12:52:03.180Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Mitcham/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Integrated_Recovery_Hub/Integrated_Recovery_Hub-v8268514 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8268514?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified and NMC-registered Nursing Associate to join our Merton Adult Community Mental Health Teams. Working with adults aged 18-65 experiencing mental health difficulties, you will provide person-centred care and support both in clinic settings and within the community. You will play a key role in promoting physical health and wellbeing, supporting recovery, reducing health inequalities and helping service users achieve their individual goals. A significant part of the role involves supporting the delivery of our Clozapine and Depot Clinics, including physical health monitoring, CMA monitoring, health promotion and medication-related care. Applicants should have relevant experience or transferable skills and be willing to develop knowledge in the safe management of Clozapine and antipsychotic medications. We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, build positive therapeutic relationships, contribute to care planning and risk management, and uphold the values of compassionate, recovery-focused care. This is a Monday to Friday role, working 9am to 5pm, offering an excellent work-life balance with no shift work, weekends or nights. ### Main duties of the job The Nursing Associate contributes to the health and wellbeing of patients and service users and applies across all health and care settings. The Nursing Associate will deliver high quality, personalized, safe, compassionate care in the best interest of people. The Nursing Associate is equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours across the fields of nursing, providing holistic care and support for people of all ages in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing. The Nursing Associate recognises and works within limits of their competence. The Nursing Associate works to a nationally recognized code of conduct and is registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Supporting people to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing. - Active involvement in the prevention of and protection against disease and ill health. SLP February 2019 - Engage in public health, community development, and in the reduction of health inequalities. - Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting patients/service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions under the guidance of a registered professional. - Advocating for patients/service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. - Encouraging and empowering individuals to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues. - Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, with supervision available but not always present, and acting on own initiative, within protocols, policies and care plans. - Able to plan and co-ordinate and prioritise own and team work within a shift system. - Communications skills – receiving and conveying sensitive information, with staff and with service users and able to keep accurate records. Knowing when to escalate concerns and to whom - Ability to positively engage distressed individuals and de-escalate highly- aroused situations - Advocates for all individuals, within professional boundaries and trust policies, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity. **Desirable** - Vital Signs, Phlebotomy. - Experience in facilitating groups. ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary 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. - Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team. - Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans. **Desirable** - Experience in different clinical care settings - Experience in supervision of staff. ### Training & Qualification **Essential** - Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register. - Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification. - English and Mathematics basic qualifications (e.g. GCSE at Grade C or above, New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language or evidence of Level 2 in Functional skills for numeracy and literacy). ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [nursing associate jd (pdf, 196.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10583278) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.