Qualified Nursing Associate

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Qualified Nursing Associate

The closing date is 08 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a experienced Band 4 Nursing Associate to join the DTV Adult Learning Disabilities Physical Health Team. The team provides specialist advise and support to both people with a learning disability and health services to reduce the health inequalities and premature mortality that people with a learning disability face.

The postholder will support the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in delivering the STOMP agenda across primary and secondary care services within County Durham, promoting the appropriate use of psychotropic medication for people with learning disabilities. Working under the direction of the CNS, the role will contribute to medication reviews, medication and physical health monitoring, information gathering, reasonable adjustments, MDT working, and the delivery of training and awareness initiatives to support safe, person-centred care, reduce health inequalities, and improve outcomes.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

The Nursing Associate will support the Physical Health Team and wider learning disability community teams, Local Authority Colleagues and in liaison /partnership with primary and secondary care services, using a Person-Centred Approach to enable and support adults with learning disabilities and their families and carers to promote the health needs of people with a learning disability and enable access to wider services.

This will include

• Supporting with a wide range of health promotion projects
• Liaison with health and social care services
• Supporting with reasonable adjustments to enable access to the right care and support
• Training and education for services and carers
• One to one support for patients who have changes in physical health and/or need support to navigate health services.
• Advice, support and signposting health and social care colleagues
• Advocate and promote the needs of people with learning disabilities across health services.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. This post requires you to be a Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register.

Claire Donnelly - Clinical Nurse Specialist

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or Skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent

Experience

• Up to date understanding of the scope of and role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and multidisciplinary 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 elevate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advise
• Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
• Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans

Knowledge

• 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

Skills

• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Ability to communicate 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 and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
• Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
• Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust