Nursing Associate

Job summary

Are you a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate with a passion for making a difference? Join our dedicated team within the South Somerset Community Mental Health Service, based in Yeovil.

As a Band 4 Practitioner, you'll be working at a level beyond that of healthcare support workers, bringing a deeper understanding of the factors that influence both health and ill health. Your primary focus will be on supporting the physical health of patients within our community mental health service, delivering care that is tailored to the needs of each individual and their family.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Support people in enhancing and maintaining their mental, physical, and behavioural health and wellbeing, while actively promoting health and preventing illness.
• Develop your knowledge of the nursing process, assisting registered nurses in the ongoing assessment, planning, management, and evaluation of care.
• Recognise changes in a patient's condition that require intervention and understand when to refer to the supervising registered nurse or other senior colleagues for reassessment.
• Work as part of a designated clinical team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual and their family

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!