Nursing Associate (Recovery)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
The Nursing Associate works with the multi-professional team and Registered Nurses to provide and monitor patient care, contributing to ongoing assessment. This role bridges the gap between Health Care Support Workers and Registered Nurses, working independently under RN leadership across the lifespan. Responsibilities include delivering high standards of nursing care, undertaking routine procedures, and maintaining accurate patient records. The post requires an NMC-registered Nursing Associate with a Foundation Degree.
Key responsibilities
- Provide and deliver a high standard of nursing care under the supervision of a registered nurse, contributing to ongoing assessment and monitoring.
- Safely undertake routine procedures such as venepuncture, ECG recording, vital signs interpretation, and various aspects of patient care (continence, wound care, nutrition).
- Identify and report changes in a patient's condition to a registered nurse.
- Work with registered nurses and other agencies to ensure a safe, individualised approach to patient admission and discharge.
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records in line with Trust policy and the NMC Code.
- Administer medicines via oral, topical, rectal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular routes in accordance with Trust policy and NMC standards.
Essential criteria
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- [contact details removed] effectively (written, verbal and non - verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
- 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 setting
- Have effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise
- Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register with a Foundation Degree
- GCSEs Grade C or above in Maths and English Language / New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language OR Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Equivalent (not entry level 2)
- Positive approach to work
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
- Open minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
- Compassionate and caring
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
- 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
- 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
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
- Experience in relevant speciality
- Experience working independently and as part of a team
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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Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing Associate (Recovery)
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the multi professional team and the Registered Nurse contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care in line with the service pathways and as agreed with supervising clinician(s). They will monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team.
The Nursing Associate has a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan, providing holistic and personcentred care and support for people of all ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate will help to bridge the gap between Health Care Support Workers and Registered Nurses by working independently under the leadership of Registered Nurses, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.
Nursing Associates are equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes andbehaviours relevant to employment; and will act in accordance with the NMC Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates.
Please Note - To be eligible for this role you must hold the Nursing Associate Foundation degree with NMC registration
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