Nursing Assistant Recruitment Event - Mental Health Care Division
Band 3
Main area: Inpatient Mental Health
Grade: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (various shift patterns available on a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year basis)
Job ref: 350-HCA6665095-D
Site: Various sites
Town: Liverpool/Warrington/Southport/St Helens/Halton/Knowsley
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
Job overview
We have Nursing Assistant career opportunities available for you across our inpatient mental health wards, mental health care division.
NVQ in Health and Social Care and experience of working in a care environment is essential.
As a Nursing Assistant, you’ll be at the heart of patient care.
You’ll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, working closely with nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding person-centred care. Together, we create a supportive environment where each team member’s contributions are valued.
You’ll be a vital part of our vision to lead the way in perfect, whole person care that helps people of all ages live healthier lives.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, they are:
Accountability
Respect
Support
If you share our values and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference, we want to hear from you.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to undertake an assessment on the 21 February 2025; those that pass their assessment will be invited for an interview on the 28 February 2025.
Main duties of the job
* Support the clinical team in the delivery of a high standard of care by assisting with and carrying out a range of duties as directed by registered staff.
* Demonstrate an attitude that respects and values patients, service users and their carers, ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.
* Work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.
* Assist with activities of daily living, social, recreational and occupational activities as agreed in the service user care plan.
* Report general observations and provide feedback to a qualified practitioner both verbally and in written formats, if required. This should include any concerns arising from the service user physical or mental health.
* Contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service users in the community (where appropriate).
* Respond to the changing needs of service users.
* Support qualified nurses in the administration of medicines by acting as a witness.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Level 2 NVQ Health and Social Care
* Care Certificate
Knowledge
* Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
* Ability to work as a member of a team.
Skills
* Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
Experience
* Experience working in a care setting.
* Experience with individuals with mental health problems or personal lived experience of mental health problems.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
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