Assistant Practitioner / Nursing Associate

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a qualified Band 4 Assistant Practitioner / Nursing Associate to join Whitlingham Ward, a female inpatient ward within Secure Services at Hellesdon Hospital.

Whitlingham Ward is a dedicated and supportive team committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed care to women receiving treatment within a secure mental health setting. We foster a positive and collaborative working environment where staff are valued, innovative ideas are encouraged, and professional development is actively supported.

Are you highly motivated and passionate about delivering compassionate, person-centred care? Do you believe in keeping service users, their recovery goals, and their support networks at the heart of everything you do? Would you like to work within a dynamic, recovery-focused multidisciplinary team that is committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of women with complex mental health needs?

We are seeking enthusiastic, resilient, and forward-thinking practitioners who are dedicated to promoting recovery, enhancing patient experience, and supporting service users on their journey towards greater independence and wellbeing. If you share our values and are committed to providing exceptional care within a secure setting, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for energised individuals who will be excited to be part of something very special. We want creativity, innovative ideas and passion towards providing excellent patient care. If you want to make a difference in people's lives and change it for the better than we want you to be part of our fantastic team!

Working alongside our Clinical Support Workers and Registered Nurses, you will work a combination of shifts including unsociable hours, weekends and bank holidays.

You will be responsible for assessments, risk management, care planning, and co-ordination of care delivery. You will support the Registered Nurses with the day to day activities and provide support to service users throughout their recovery journey.

Working within a well-resourced team, supported with regular supervision and opportunities to work in partnership with health and social care in the wider multi-disciplinary service, we want to develop the role of Assistant Practitioner to enable participation in a wider range of opportunities including change management projects such as quality improvement.

About us

Our Trust values of Team, Accountability, Learn and Kind sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.

There are endless opportunities available, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our team on a permanent basis. We understand that to attract the best people, we need to develop career pathways and support staff to reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

In addition, we also offer the following benefits:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• gym membership
• NHS discounts and many more.