Nursing Associate
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
The Nursing Associate will work with Registered Nurses and other multi-professional team members to provide and monitor care, contributing to ongoing assessment. This role focuses on supporting children, young people, and families within a delegated caseload, addressing key public health priorities like healthy lifestyles and mental health. The post holder will deliver high-quality public health education sessions in schools, supported by Health Improvement Practitioner Specialists.
Essential criteria
- oRegistered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register with a Foundation Degree
- Others
- Holds a full UK driving licence
- Has access to a vehicle suitable for use for business purposes
- Willing to work flexibly
- Willing to travel and work city wide
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Has 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 development
- 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
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and implementing care plans
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of improving health and wellbeing for children and young people.
- Awareness of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 years
- Training and experience
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working with diverse communities
- Experience of working with parents
- Experience of working with schools and school staff
- Experience of delivering health education sessions.
- Skills and Abilities
- 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, digital, 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 children, young people and their families.
- 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
- Effective communication at all levels, including verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Is able to demonstrate IT skills and use of IT packages
- Attributes
- Positive approach to work
- Open minded, treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
- Compassionate and caring
- Confident to deliver health education sessions to children, young people and families
- Education
- oRegistered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register with a Foundation Degree
- Others
- Holds a full UK driving licence
- Has access to a vehicle suitable for use for business purposes
- Willing to work flexibly
- Willing to travel and work city wide
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Has 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 development
- 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
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and implementing care plans
- Understanding of improving health and wellbeing for children and young people.
- Awareness of the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 years
- Training and experience
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working with diverse communities
- Experience of working with parents
- Experience of working with schools and school staff
- Experience of delivering health education sessions.
- Skills and Abilities
- 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, digital, 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 children, young people and their families.
- Ability to sup
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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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing Associate
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
The role of the Nursing Associate is to work with the Registered Nurse and other members of the multi professional team, providing and monitoring care and contributing to the ongoing assessment, as agreed with supervising clinician(s) and in line with the service pathways. They will monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the multi-professional team
Main duties of the job
The nursing associate will provide support and intervention to children, young people and families within a delegated caseload. There will be a primary focus on Manchester's key public health priorities, including healthy lifestyles, weight management, Relationships and Sex Education and mental health. The post holder will work with colleagues in the Healthy Child Programme and wider School Nursing team to ensure a co-ordinated approach across the public health agenda. They will be supported by Health Improvement Practitioner Specialists within Healthy Schools to deliver high quality public health education sessions to young people, parents and staff within schools.
Applicants must hold a UK NMC PIN number for a Registered Nurse Associate
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