Registered Nurse Associate

Transformationunitgm; Oxford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health service provider in Oxford is seeking a Registered Nurse Associate to join their multi-disciplinary nursing team focusing on older adults' mental health. This role involves assessment and planning of care, monitoring well-being, and administering medication. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in health/care settings and possess excellent communication skills. Alongside competitive salary and benefits, this position offers opportunities for career progression in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience within a health/care setting relevant to the role.
• Knowledge of mental health and older adults with mental health problems.
• Ability to support and supervise nursing associate trainees.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and planning of delegated care.
• Monitoring long-term conditions and well-being of service users.
• Administering of medication in accordance within regulatory guidelines.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Enthusiastic and caring

Ability to work in a team

Flexibility and motivation

Education

Completion of Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification

Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register

Job description

Main area Older Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week

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Employer Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cherwell Ward, Fulbrook Centre, Churchill Hospital Site Town Oxford Salary £27,485 - £30,162 per annum | pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/01/2026 23:59

Registered Nurse Associate - Oxford

Band 4

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Job overview

Do you have an interest in working with older Adults?

Would you like to progress your career or become a band 5 nurse?

Do you hold values in line with the Trust values in that you are caring and believe in safe and excellent care?

If the answer to any of the questions above is ‘yes’, we would love you to consider joining our multi-disciplinary inpatient team at Cherwell ward, Fulbrook Centre at the Churchill Site. We have an exciting opportunity for dynamic Registered Nurse Associates to join our inpatient nursing team.

Cherwell Ward is an inpatient ward which assesses and treats females over the age of 65 who are experiencing severe mental ill health, and/or living with dementia. The ward has 17 individual bedrooms. We are looking for dedicated Nursing Associates committed to high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and planning of delegated care
• Monitoring of long-term conditions and well‑being of service users including escalation of interventions when necessary
• Assist with the implementation and monitoring of clinical care and monitor outcomes
• Administering of Medication in accordance within regulatory guidelines for Nursing Associates
• Undertake onward referrals to appropriate services and community based care support
• Assist in specific therapeutic relations to meet the physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.

You should be enthusiastic, resourceful and caring, they should have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal . You will need to demonstrate a good awareness of mental health and knowledge of working with Older Adults with Mental Health problems. In addition you will need to be flexible, motivated and adaptable in a challenging environment.

You will require a comprehensive knowledge of the physical health conditions that can affect Older People and be skilled in how to support patients to manage them.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

• Ability to work well in a team
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of appropriate procedures and treatment plans
• Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to Quality Improvement.
• Manage the boundaries of the patient / associate nurse relationship effectively, and to behave professionally at all times
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate trainees, other learners and care support workers as required within clinical settings

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• Completion of Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification

Experience

• Significant experience within a health/care setting relevant to the role.
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Charmian Blackall Job title Ward Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01865 902565

Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

We welcome interested candidates to come and have an informal look around the ward. Please contact Charmian Blackall.