Registered Nursing Associate
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working within Community Mental Health Teams in Salford, focusing on physical health assessments and monitoring for service users with mental health issues. The successful candidate will hold physical health clinics and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to support service users' physical and mental health needs. Key duties include health promotion, using the Physical Health Improvement Tool, and undertaking venepuncture and ECGs as required. The post holder will deliver high-quality, evidence-based care.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver high level, quality care and evidence-based interventions within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide planned care and take appropriate action to achieve planned aims and objectives.
- Conduct health promotion discussions and signposting with service users regarding lifestyle, smoking, diet, exercise, diabetes, cholesterol, and alcohol.
- Ensure Physical Health Improvement Tool (PHIT) targets for metabolic screening are completed yearly and assessments are inputted and shared.
- Undertake Venepuncture and ECG as required within the PHIT Tool or as directed by a senior nurse or medic.
- Support annual flu vaccination clinics and give influenza vaccine under supervision.
Essential criteria
- Health and Social Care Qualification
- Literacy and Numeracy
- Assessing Physical Health Needs
- Awareness of interaction of physical and mental health
- Knowledge and experience of mental health and social care
- Assessing physical health needs Awareness of mental health and physical health and how it interacts.
- Have the ability to work on their own initiative under appropriate supervision and engage in reflective practice
- Have experience of delivering person centred care under the supervision of a RN
- Have experience of working in collaboration with members of a multidisciplinary team in delivering care
- Qualification as a nursing associate
- Registered with professional body
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture
- BLS
- Blood result awareness in relation to physical health
- Experience and knowledge of MHA/MCA
- Have previously completed a placement or have been employed in a community mental health setting.
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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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nursing Associate
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
At GMMH we are investing significantly into our Community Mental Health provision.
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Community Mental Health Teams in Salford. We are looking to recruit a Registered Nurse Associate to work within the CMHTs, focusing on undertaking Physical Health Care assessments and monitoring physical health, alongside other service user and carer interventions.
Salford CMHTs are fast paced, dynamic, supportive, well performing teams within the Salford directorate of GMMH covering a wide geographical area and varying service user and carer needs.
The successful applicant will have some experience of working with service users with mental health issues.The post holder alongside the physical health nurse will be able to hold physical health clinics and work as part of a busy multi-disciplinary team supporting service users address their physical and mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
- Health Promotion
- Physical Health Improvement Tool
- Supporting with Clozapine, Mood stabiliser and Depot clinics
- Undertake Venepuncture as required within the PHIT Tool or directed by the senior nurse or medic.
- Undertake ECG as required within the PHIT Tool or directed by the senior nurse or medic.
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