Nursing Associate

Job summary
Are you passionate about promoting sexual health, reducing health inequalities and delivering non-judgemental, person-centred care? Join our Sexual Health Service as a Nursing Associate and play a vital role in supporting people to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing.

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Nursing Associate (RNA) to join our team, supporting the delivery of BBV/HIV services and assisting with vasectomy procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist service, providing high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and a compassionate, non-judgemental approach, with the ability to build positive relationships and support vulnerable patients with dignity, empathy, and respect.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job
Working within a friendly, specialist sexual health team, you'll support the delivery of confidential, compassionate care across a range of clinics and community settings. You'll work closely with registered nurses, doctors and the wider team to provide safe, inclusive and high-quality sexual health services.

• Supporting patients accessing STI testing and treatment, and health promotion
• Delivering person-centred care with empathy, discretion and respect
• Undertaking agreed clinical procedures within your scope of practice
• Promoting health, prevention and informed choice
• Contributing to a welcoming, inclusive service for people from all backgrounds
• Support the service with managing results / Partner notification
• Assisting doctors in minor surgery vasectomy clinics.

What we're looking for

• NMC-registered Nursing Associate
• A compassionate, open and non-judgemental approach
• Excellent communication skills and commitment to confidentiality
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Enthusiasm for learning and developing within sexual health

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities
As a Nursing Associate within the Sexual Health Service, you will play a key role in delivering highquality, confidential and inclusive care to people accessing sexual health services across clinic and community settings. Working under the direction of a specialist BBV/HIV nurse and alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will support the assessment, planning and delivery of care for individuals with a wide range of sexual health needs, ensuring care is compassionate, nonjudgemental and personcentred at all times.

The role includes undertaking agreed clinical tasks and procedures within your scope of practice, supporting STI testing and treatment pathways, contraception services, health promotion and prevention work, and providing clear, sensitive information to service users and their partners. You will contribute to safeguarding, risk assessment and escalation processes, maintain accurate clinical records, and support patients from initial contact through to followup and discharge. You will also promote equality, diversity and inclusion, recognising and responding to the needs of people from a wide range of backgrounds and communities.

As part of the team, you will support service development and quality improvement, act as a positive role model for learners and support staff, and demonstrate a commitment to professional development, reflective practice and the values of the Trust

If you want a role that combines clinical skill, health promotion and meaningful patient relationships, wed love to hear from you.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential

• Live NMC Nursing Associate Registration
• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree qualification
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent

Desirable

• Qualification in assessment, supervision and teaching in clinical practice

Other
Essential

• For posts in the community: It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Experience and knowledge
Essential

• Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information

Desirable

• Experience in a health care setting
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.