# Qualified Nursing Associate (Community)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** West Park Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nursing associate
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02T08:11:14.398Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Darlington/Tees_Esk_Wear_Valleys_NHS_Trust/Adult_Community_Mental_Health/Adult_Community_Mental_Health-v8338199
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8338199?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

A unique opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nursing Associate to join the Darlington Treatment & Intervention Team at West Park Hospital.

The applicant must have already have 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.

We are passionate on teamwork and collective leadership and the successful applicant will become part of a well established and effective team - helping to support our local community.

### Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work as part of the busy community team offering a recovery focused pathway to Service Users and will carry their own caseload as key worker, with the support of the multi-disciplinary clinical team. This will include the ongoing monitoring and support of our long-term patients, including those on treatments such as lithium, clozapine, depot medications etc.

There will also be some other varied elements to the role, appropriate to the scope of a Nursing Associate.

This role will involve multiagency working and liaison with other services within Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working for TEWV NHS Trust You will have access to fantastic training & development opportunities with the strong links we have developed at our local universities’. Future planning is supported by the Trust’s Talent Management and Workforce Development Team, so we can continue to build upon our commitment of being well led and to deliver excellent care to our communities in either leadership & management or clinical practice modules.

We are passionate about teamwork here in Darlington and in creating a great place to work. We can consider flexible working patterns and part time roles with a focus on promoting wellbeing and a positive work life balance.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. A lease car scheme is in operation as well as other NHS staff benefits.

Please see the attached job description and person specification which outlines the main duties and responsibilities of the post.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

### 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

**Essential**

- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues

**Desirable**

- Experience in the administration of depot injections and depot clinics.
- Experience in supporting patients taking long term medications - clozapine and lithium etc.

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- 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

**Desirable**

- knowledge of mental illness

### Experience

**Essential**

- 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.
- Experience of working with clients who experience mental illness

**Desirable**

- Experience of working within an community setting

### Qualifications

**Essential**

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

**Desirable**

- Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice

## Documents

- [our journey to change (pdf, 595.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498)
- [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595)
- [probationary period procedure (pdf, 303.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 276.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10662091)

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