Certified Nursing Assistant jobs in United Kingdom

The closing date is 26 December 2025

To provide high quality physical and mental health assessment and intervention for those patients who are on an extended recovery journey with secondary mental health services.

To provide treatment, including depot administration, blood taking and monitoring service to all patients in Rotherham who are currently prescribed Clozapine and Lithium therapies.

There is an expectation that the post-holder will work collaboratively with the multi‑professional team, to meet the needs of patients and to develop and maintain, close and professional working relationships with colleagues across other statutory and voluntary agencies.

• Work as part of the Health & Wellbeing team, delivering continuous, effective, evidence‑based care.
• Planning and delivering care, including administration of depot medication.
• Physical health monitoring in alignment with best practice for SMI including ECGs, venepuncture and physical health checks.
• Liaise effectively with all members of the MDT and other agencies involved in the care of the individual, thereby maintaining and enhancing close professional working relationships.
• Carry out risk assessment and implement appropriate interventions/management plans in accordance with Trust policy.
• Assess in accordance with local Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children Policy.
• Ensure that users and carers' views are appropriately sought and incorporated into the planning and delivery of services.
• Promote positive working relationships between all agencies within the locality and Trust.
• Provide evidence‑based interventions within National and local protocols and ensure that review of the effectiveness of interventions/treatment takes place.
• Work within the multi‑disciplinary team to ensure clients / service users receive a comprehensive package of care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotions and wellness recovery, utilising social prescribing where appropriate.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our people and hold a learning half‑day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first‑class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• To be a member of a professional body and to abide by their code of conduct and RDaSH trust policies and procedures

• Care and assessment of people with mental health problems; ability to deal with non‑routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact.
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Band 5 nurse in the context of the mental health nursing and multi‑disciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.

• Interventions, treatment approaches and evidence‑based practice in the care of people with mental illness.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalates to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Knowledge of appropriate and relevant frameworks, legislation and policy.

• Interpersonal, prioritisation and organisational skills.
• Care and assessment of people with mental health problems.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to reflect on own performance.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing students, other learners, and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting.
• Venepuncture and ECG competent.

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.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

£31,049 to £37,796 a year, pro rata.