Job summary
Are you passionate about care and looking for flexible working with weekly pay and NHS pension scheme membership?
Are you seeking the opportunity to work in a large, diverse organisation that promotes values of being Caring, Open, Respectful, Responsible and Inclusive?
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) are seeking to recruit Bank Level 4 Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) within the Community Children's Nursing Team for flexible working opportunities within Birmingham through our Trust Bank.
If you have the relevant qualifications, skills and experience and want to support us in providing Best Care: Healthy Communities, then we would like to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) you will provide high-quality, compassionate, and holistic care to children and young people with complex health needs and disabilities. Working within the Community Children's Nursing Team, you will support health assessments, care planning, and the delivery of clinical skills, including medication administration, enteral feeding management, and emergency response.
You will work closely with families, empowering them to make informed decisions, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to promote health and wellbeing. Working as a RNA you will be responsible for maintaining accurate clinical records, engaging in reflective practice, and adhering to relevant policies and professional standards.
Regular travel across the city to community settings, including homes and schools, is required.
About us
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nursing Associate supports the delivery of safe, compassionate, and family-centred care for children and young people with learning disabilities, complex health needs, or special educational needs. Working under the direction of Registered Nurses, they contribute to health assessments, care planning, and ongoing care within the community nursing caseload.
Key responsibilities include performing delegated clinical tasks such as medication administration (including injections), enteral feeding support, basic wound care, clinical observations, and responding to emergencies. The role involves assisting with EHCP processes, continence assessments, specialist clinics, and maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
The Nursing Associate promotes effective communication with children, families, and multi-disciplinary teams, demonstrating professionalism, compassion, and respect. They support junior staff and contribute to service improvement, clinical audits, and adherence to national and local policies. The role requires working independently within defined competencies, following safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, and lone-working guidelines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nursing Associate supports the delivery of safe, compassionate, and family-centred care for children and young people with learning disabilities, complex health needs, or special educational needs. Working under the direction of Registered Nurses, they contribute to health assessments, care planning, and ongoing care within the community nursing caseload.
Key responsibilities include performing delegated clinical tasks such as medication administration (including injections), enteral feeding support, basic wound care, clinical observations, and responding to emergencies. The role involves assisting with EHCP processes, continence assessments, specialist clinics, and maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
The Nursing Associate promotes effective communication with children, families, and multi-disciplinary teams, demonstrating professionalism, compassion, and respect. They support junior staff and contribute to service improvement, clinical audits, and adherence to national and local policies. The role requires working independently within defined competencies, following safeguarding, confidentiality, consent, and lone-working guidelines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register - or working towards the required qualification.
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- Relevant experience of working with children with complex health needs and or disabilities.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working with children with complex health needs and or disabilities
- 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
- Experience of working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients and patients with Learning Disabilities
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal communication) with children/YP, parent/carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical
Desirable
- Ability to travel around CCDS clinics
Skills
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
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Willing and able to undertake training appropriate to the role
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace
- Computer literate
- Ability to travel to work and other locations as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register - or working towards the required qualification.
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- Relevant experience of working with children with complex health needs and or disabilities.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working with children with complex health needs and or disabilities
- 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
- Experience of working with children, elderly, medically compromised patients and patients with Learning Disabilities
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and nonverbal communication) with children/YP, parent/carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical
Desirable
- Ability to travel around CCDS clinics
Skills
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
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Willing and able to undertake training appropriate to the role
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace
- Computer literate
- Ability to travel to work and other locations as required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
