Nursing Associate - Community Nursing
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Nursing Associate in Community Nursing, working with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care under the direction of registered nurses. The successful candidate will assess, plan, organise, and deliver clinical care in line with service and patient needs, supporting patients in their homes and community settings. It requires a passion for outstanding care, demonstrable experience, and a wide range of clinical skills, working independently within the scope of practice. Regular travel across the Mersey Care catchment area is essential.
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Understanding of skills required for team working
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised complex activities and programmes of care
- Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area
- Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care
- Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health
- Experience of previous work in health care
- Clinical Governance and Risk Management
- Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register or Assistant Practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Work based experience
- Actively involved in professional development
- Experience in assessing for and ordering community equipment
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of assessment of risk
- Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to motivate, negotiate with and influence others
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Understanding of skills required for team working
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised complex activities and programmes of care
- Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Mersey Care area
- Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care
- Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health
- Experience of previous work in health care
- Clinical Governance and Risk Management
- Registered Nurse Associate and on the NMC register or Assistant Practitioner
- Work based experience
- Actively involved in professional development
- Experience in assessing for and ordering community equipment
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of assessment of risk
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing Associate - Community Nursing
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
Are you a Nursing Associate with a passion for delivering outstanding care that brings the 6 Cs (care, compassion, commitment, courage, communication and competence) to life? If so, we want to hear from you. The successful candidate must have demonstrable experience, a wide range of clinical skills and will be confident to work without direct supervision.
The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in the Mersey Care catchment area, therefore you must have the ability, means and willingness to travel in the course of your duties. Vocational Driving is a key aspect of the role therefore access to a private vehicle is required.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurse to assess, plan, organise and deliver clinical care in line with service and patient needs, as agreed with supervising clinicians.
The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan and across the fields of nursing, providing holistic and person centred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate works independently under the leadership of registered nurses, working within the sphere of nursing care and within all as
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