Job Description

Nurse Associate

East London, E14 5NY

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours)

Mon-Fri with occasional Saturday work

Salary from £32,920

We make health happen

As a Nursing Associate within Bupa’s Diagnostics & Secondary Care services, you’ll provide holistic, person‑centred care to patients across a modern outpatient and procedural environment. You’ll work as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting Registered Nurses and contributing directly to safe, effective and compassionate care delivery.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Deliver compassionate, safe and effective care across a range of clinical settings.
• Maintain patient privacy, dignity and safety at all times.
• Monitor patients’ health needs, escalating changes and contributing to care planning and reassessment.
• Complete clinical risk assessments using recognised tools.
• Administer medications via oral, topical, inhalation, injection and suppository routes in line with scope of practice.
• Support and oversee the care delivered by HCAs, Trainee Nursing Associates and Nursing Students.
• Communicate clearly and sensitively with patients, families and colleagues, ensuring accurate verbal, digital and written information.
• Recognise and report risks, concerns or incidents that could impact care quality or safety.
• Support individuals’ physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing, including safeguarding and consent.
• Participate in audits, stock management and service processes that support smooth operational delivery.

Key Skills / Qualifications

Essential

• NMC‑registered Nursing Associate.
• Venepuncture and cannulation competency.
• Experience within a Nursing Associate role, including risk assessment and outpatient care.
• Knowledge of outpatient procedures and radiology (including safe sedation exposure).
• Strong communication, time‑management and organisational skills.

Desirable

• Immunisation training; ILS training.
• Experience across multiple specialties.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
• Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
• Various family friendly benefits
• Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
• Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Clinical Services

Locations:

Canary Wharf