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Nursing Associate

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Blyth,, NE24 1DX £28,392 – £31,157 a year Permanent Posted 4 September 2026 Apply by 16 September 2026

Home Office register entry: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Role description

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.

Date posted

04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-8257759LH

Job locations

Blyth Health Centre

Thoroton Street,

Blyth,

NE24 1DX

United Kingdom

Job description

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

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.

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.