• Job Description

  Req#: C9344-25-0570?language=en&page=940&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This post is for a NMC Registered Nursing Associate is a new role being introduced into the health and care workforce in England from 2019. It is a generic (not defined by a field of nursing) but within the discipline of nursing. Nursing associates are intended to bridge a gap between health and care assistants, and registered nurses. Nursing Associates are a new profession, accountable for their practice.

  Nursing Associates are expected to act in the best interests of people, putting them first and providing nursing care that is person-centred, safe and compassionate at all time adhering to Trust values and policies. Nursing Associates are expected to apply their six NMC proficiencies in all day to day activities.

  Nursing Associates are integral part of stroke multidisciplinary team and are expected to provide highest standard of holistic nursing care to stroke patients and support the team in attaining key performance indicators of stroke care quality standards.

  Main duties of the job

  In East Kent Stroke service, we are currently undertaking significant improvement works, supported by a Kent and Medway Stroke Service reconfigurations, with agreed commissioning in place to build new HASU / ASUs site by 2026 and Mechanical Thrombectomy centre by 2024.

  We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity of Nursing Associate roles within our nursing team. You will be based at Harbledown Ward HASU. Harbledown is a 24 bedded inpatient stroke unit with strong ethos of rehabilitation. If you are an already qualified NA, this role will provide you with specialist experience and skills of stroke speciality. But if you are ready to take on a challenge of training and progress to qualify as NA, we are happy to support you.

  About us

  We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

  Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

  Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

  Details

  Date posted

  09 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  344-7982KCH-C

  Job locations

  Kent and Canterbury Hospital

  Canterbury

  CT13NG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

  If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

  If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below

  Person Specification

  Qualification and Training

  Essential

  • Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

  Desirable

  • NMC practice supervisor or assessor

  Skills and Experience

  Essential

  • Ability to work effectively in a pressurised environment
  • Understanding of own limitations and seeks management support when appropriate.
  • Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with multidisciplinary team
  • Basic IT skills
  • Min 2 years experience in an acute setting
  • Demonstrates patient focused approach
  • Delivery of evidenced based practice
  • Time management and personal organisation skills

  Desirable

  • Recent experience of working in a healthcare environment
  • Experience of acute stroke care and rehabilitation specific training / competencies

  Personal/professional attributes

  Essential

  • Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload/clinical situations.
  • Ability to demonstrate professionalism at all time
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Calm under pressure

  Desirable

  • Taking care of own health and wellbeing
  • Emotional intelligence and resilience

  Trust Values

  Essential

  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

  Person Specification

  Qualification and Training

  Essential

  • Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

  Desirable

  • NMC practice supervisor or assessor

  Skills and Experience

  Essential

  • Ability to work effectively in a pressurised environment
  • Understanding of own limitations and seeks management support when appropriate.
  • Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with multidisciplinary team
  • Basic IT skills
  • Min 2 years experience in an acute setting
  • Demonstrates patient focused approach
  • Delivery of evidenced based practice
  • Time management and personal organisation skills

  Desirable

  • Recent experience of working in a healthcare environment
  • Experience of acute stroke care and rehabilitation specific training / competencies

  Personal/professional attributes

  Essential

  • Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload/clinical situations.
  • Ability to demonstrate professionalism at all time
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Calm under pressure

  Desirable

  • Taking care of own health and wellbeing
  • Emotional intelligence and resilience

  Trust Values

  Essential

  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Kent and Canterbury Hospital

  Canterbury

  CT13NG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Kent and Canterbury Hospital

  Canterbury

  CT13NG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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