Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Nurse Associate

The closing date is 08 October 2025

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Job summary

JoinSouth West Shropshire Community Nursing Team as aNurse Associate

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives--right where they live? We have an opening for two passionate and dedicated Nurse Associates to join our forward-thinking South West Shropshire Community Nursing Team, delivering high-quality plannedcare to patients in their homes.

You could be part of a team that's supportive and empowering in providing community healthcare. We provide nursing and therapy services that offer an alternative to hospital admission, support timely discharge, and empower individuals to maintain independence in the comfort of their own homes.

? What You'll Be Doing:
  • Delivering evidence-based care across a wide range of clinical needs
  • Supporting patients in their journey to independence in their most appropriate place of care
  • Receiving specialist training in Continence Care & Assessment
  • Collaborating closely with the Continence Nurse to provide timely, targeted care

? What You'll Bring:

  • NMC registration and qualification at Nurse Associate level
  • Demonstrable clinical experience and a commitment to continuous professional development
  • A proactive, caring attitude and a drive to support patients in the community

? What We Offer:

  • A supportive environment focused on clinical development and CPD
  • Hands-on training and mentorship to expand your skillset
  • The chance to be part of a team that truly values your contribution

Main duties of the job

You will play a vital role in delivering compassionate, safe, and effective care across a variety of settings. Your work will support individuals in maintaining dignity, independence, and wellbeing.

  • Deliver Person-Centred Care: Provide high-quality support tailored to individual needs, ensuring privacy, dignity, and safety are upheld at all times.
  • Health Monitoring: Continuously assess and monitor the condition and health needs of patients, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), families, and carers.
  • Risk Assessment: Complete nursing risk assessments using recognised tools to inform safe and effective care planning.
  • Continence Care: Undertake continence assessments to identify individual needs and contribute to personalised continence management plans, promoting comfort and dignity.
  • Care Planning & Delivery: Contribute to the development and implementation of care plans in partnership with Registered Nurses, ensuring interventions are evidence-based and responsive.
  • Ongoing Assessment: Recognise when reassessment is needed and refer appropriately to ensure timely action and optimal care outcomes.
  • Medication Administration: Once deemed competent, safely administer prescribed medications in line with clinical guidance.
  • Prioritisation & Escalation: Identify changing priorities in patient care and seek guidance from Registered Nurses or other healthcare professionals when necessary

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details

Date posted

25 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-7456303-OPS

Job locations

The Gatway

Auction Yard

Craven Arms

SY77BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note: This vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications. Apply now to avoid missing out on this incredible opportunity.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note: This vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications. Apply now to avoid missing out on this incredible opportunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
  • Educated to level 5 Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation degree in nursing associate practice / Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Certificate.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working as an Nurse Associate within the NHS or other care setting.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
  • Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered health or care professional
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • 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 development
  • IT skills appropriate to the role

Other

Essential

  • Ability to meet the travel needs of the role
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
  • Educated to level 5 Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation degree in nursing associate practice / Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Certificate.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working as an Nurse Associate within the NHS or other care setting.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
  • Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered health or care professional
  • Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
  • Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • 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 development
  • IT skills appropriate to the role

Other

Essential

  • Ability to meet the travel needs of the role

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

The Gatway

Auction Yard

Craven Arms

SY77BW


Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

The Gatway

Auction Yard

Craven Arms

SY77BW


Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Natasha Carthy

natasha.carthy2@nhs.net

01588676323

Details

Date posted

25 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-7456303-OPS

Job locations

The Gatway

Auction Yard

Craven Arms

SY77BW


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