Job summary
Nursing Associate - Band 4 (5 Full time Positions Available)
We are looking for compassionate and driven Nursing Associates to join our teams across Ecru Ward (Edgware Community Hospital), Adams Ward, and Marjorie Warren Ward (Finchley Memorial Hospital).
In this role, you will support the delivery of high-quality patient care, ensuring patients have a positive and comfortable experience during their stay. You'll work in a dynamic, challenging environment and be a key part of a team dedicated to patient-centred care. Strong communication skills, kindness, and a proactive approach are essential.
In return, we offer excellent support and development opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
Main duties of the job
- Provide evidence-based nursing care to an allocated group of patients.
- Act as an accountable professional, ensuring practice is in line with NMC standards of proficiency.
- Recognise and work within the limits of your competencies.
- Collaborate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, using resources efficiently.
- Deliver high-quality care to patients and work effectively within the nursing team.
- Competently carry out a variety of clinical procedures.
- Assess and plan delegated care for patients.
- Monitor long-term conditions and the well-being of service users, escalating interventions when necessary.
- Assist with the implementation and monitoring of clinical care, evaluating outcomes.
- Administer medication in accordance with regulatory guidelines for Nursing Associates.
- Make onward referrals to appropriate services and community-based care support.
- Support the physical, emotional, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patients and carers through therapeutic relationships.
- Record patient data in clinical systems (patient records) in line with Trust guidance and policies.
Please note: This role requires flexibility to work a rota including evenings, weekends, long days and night shifts. Applicants should have previous experience working within a bedded clinical environment.
About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.
What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.
Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Use of AI While AI tools can be beneficial, we value the personal touch and authenticity in job applications. We encourage you to highlight your unique experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, ensuring all information is accurate. Please use AI tools responsibly and with integrity throughout the application and selection process
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Use of AI While AI tools can be beneficial, we value the personal touch and authenticity in job applications. We encourage you to highlight your unique experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, ensuring all information is accurate. Please use AI tools responsibly and with integrity throughout the application and selection process
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice
- GCSEs Grade 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent
- Care Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working within a health / care setting in the field of area applied for
- Relevant experience of working self-directed or as part of a team.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills & 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 contributes to service developm
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Code
- Relevant clinical skills in the area of work
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice when needed
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to an appropriate registered health or care professional
- Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- IT awareness and ability to use NHS systems
- Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting
Key Attributes
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
- Educated to a minimum level 5 Foundation degree level specific to nursing associate practice
- GCSEs Grade 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent
- Care Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working within a health / care setting in the field of area applied for
- Relevant experience of working self-directed or as part of a team.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills & 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 contributes to service developm
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within the Code
- Relevant clinical skills in the area of work
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice when needed
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to an appropriate registered health or care professional
- Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- IT awareness and ability to use NHS systems
- Ability to support, supervise and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting
Key Attributes
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
