registered nurse Dartford, England
Job description
We have a Qualified Inpatient Nursing Associate Posts for Cherrywood Wards at Littlebrook Hospital.
This post is a great development opportunity for a Band 4 Nursing Associate looking to gain experience and insight into working within the acute mental health wards within the Acute Care Group. You may be currently working in other areas of nursing practice, and this would be a good opportunity to develop your nursing skills in mental health practice.
On starting your new position, if newly qualified, you will join the Preceptorship Action Learning Set and Acute Preceptorship programme. There will also be opportunities to develop your competencies and career which can include a pathway to become a registered nurse. We work closely with two Universities to offer this.
If you are seeking a new challenge and interested in becoming part of this forward thinking and innovative Trust then we want to talk to you.
The Nursing Associate brings a variety of mental health and physical heath nursing skills to the team, working independently under the leadership of registered nurses, providing and delivering all aspects of the nursing care. As a Band 4 Nursing Associate, you will be supported to develop your nursing skills and participate in delivering nursing interventions in the MDT.
What we can offer you: -
- Career development with our comprehensive range of training & development opportunities to enhance your skills
- Strong Supportive Management committed to provide 1-2-1 support to advance personal development.
- Car Lease Scheme opens to all staff
- Staff discounts for employees and their families
- 35 days paid holiday, increasing to 41 days after 10 years’ service
- Pension scheme
- Child Care Vouchers
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
The Nursing Associate will have a breadth of knowledge across the lifespan and across the
fields of nursing, providing holistic and person centred care and support for people of all
ages and in a variety of settings. The Nursing Associate works independently under the
leadership of the registered nurses (Band 5 or above), working within the sphere of nursing
and care and within all aspects of the nursing process
Please see job description for full details.
