Job overview
Job Purpose
- The post holder will support our community team’s in ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care, upholding patient dignity delivered with kindness and compassion.
- The post holder will demonstrate responsibility to patients, relatives, and colleagues through contribution to the development and monitoring of agreed evidence-based practice and to the health and social care programmes.
- The post holder will provide and monitor the nursing care for a designated group of patients during a care episode.
- The post holder will also actively contribute to an effective learning environment.
Scope and Range
- The Registered Nurse Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a Registered Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised Code of Conduct.
- The Registered Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses, working within the scope of their competence and the role requirements in the delivery of nursing care.
- The Registered Nurse Associate will have the ability to make decisions within their scope of competence and will liaise and report back any findings and evaluations to Registered Nursing staff.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties Of The Role:
- Administer or monitor medicines safely and in a timely manner via the NMC agreed routes of administration – adhering to the Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines Policy
- The Registered Nurse Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding,skills, attitudes, and behaviours relevant to employment as a Registered Nursing Associate and will work to a nationally recognised Code of Conduct.
- The Registered Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of RegisteredNurses, working within the scope of their competence and the role requirements in the delivery of nursing care.
- The Registered Nurse Associate will have the ability to make decisions within their scope of competence and will liaise and report back any findings and evaluations to Registered Nursing staff.
- The Registered Nursing Associate will have the responsibility for their own actions
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
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
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development
- Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- nsight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working within a health / care setting
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing (Making Every Contact Count)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Educated to a minimum level 5 foundation degree specific to nursing associate practice
- GCSE level 4-9 in Maths and English or equivalent
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
- IT skills appropriate to the role
- Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers
- Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
- Ability to work on own initiative, be well motivated and motivate others
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Able to demonstrate resilience, managing personal emotions and stress
- Ability to engage and complete preceptorship
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This advert is for Qualified Nurse Associate with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Opal Centre. It is listed as a Band 4 Nursing associate role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Sep 2026.
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