Nursing Associate
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust based in Wakefield. The advertised salary is £28,392 to £31,157. Applications close on 23 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
The Burn Centre at Pinderfields provides specialist care to patients who have sustained thermal injury or skin loss disorders. We are a regional centr...
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate care to patients attending the Burns Ambulatory Care Service, working within the scope of the Nursing Associate role under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse.
- Perform burn wound assessments and dressing changes, following agreed care plans, clinical guidelines, and local protocols, escalating concerns appropriately to the Registered Nurse.
- Provide care and support for patients with a variety of burn injuries, ensuring individualised, patient-centred care that promotes healing, comfort, and wellbeing.
- Maintain and develop clinical competence by undertaking occasional rotations within the Burn Centre, supporting the care of patients with more complex and extensive burn injuries under appropriate supervision.
- Work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), ensuring patients receive timely assessment and intervention from the medical team, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, and other relevant healthcare professionals.
- Recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns in both adults and children, following Trust safeguarding policies and escalating concerns promptly through the appropriate channels.
- Provide patients and their families with education and support regarding wound care, scar management, rehabilitation, and ongoing recovery, reinforcing advice provided by the wider clinical team.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to review the full requirements
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Essential: - Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
How this role compares
We hold 704 NHS vacancies in Yorkshire and the Humber that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £34,944. This role pays less than about 70% of them.
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