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/or 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:
1. Continuous improvement
2. Accountability
3. Respect
4. Enthusiasm
5. 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 an assessment centre on 7 April 2025, and applicants who pass the assessments will be invited for interview on 16 April 2025.
You'll 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.
You'll demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users, and their carers, ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.
The mental health care division provides a spectrum of mental health services including adult mental health, older adult mental health, addiction, acquired brain injury services, psychology, and crisis care in people's homes, community settings, and hospitals. Services are provided to the residents of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Warrington.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.
To report to the registered staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.
To 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.
To coordinate the assessment and delivery of a planned programme of care with guidance and indirect supervision from a qualified practitioner and to contribute to the formal assessment and delivery of an individuals plan of care.
To assist with activities of daily living, social, recreational, and occupational activities as agreed in the service user care plan.
To 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.
To contribute to the effective running of the service by providing and receiving information to/from other departments or services. Ensure this information is provided in the most effective way i.e. telephone, fax, or in writing.
To assist service users with self-administration of oral medication and ensure any concerns/issues about medication are reported back to a qualified practitioner.
To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health needs.
To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service users in the community (where appropriate).
To carry out specific duties that contribute to the assessment of service users as requested by a qualified practitioner.
To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary (where appropriate).
To use skills and techniques to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive.
To carry out observations and inform the Registered Nurse of any concerns, e.g. temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, diet and fluid intake, weight as requested by a qualified practitioner.
To contribute to the development of risk management plans for service users by reporting to the qualified practitioner any issues or concerns regarding service users' behaviour/action towards themselves or others.
Respond to the changing needs of service users.
Control the assessments of implemented individual service users care plans.
To undertake and understand the support of observations as per policy (Levels 1-4).
To carry out escorts with service users on and off the hospital site.
To support qualified nurses in the administration of medicines by acting as a witness.
Provide advice and guidance related to health promotion to the service user.
Plan social and therapeutic work with service users using a range of therapeutic approaches.
Participate in presenting multidisciplinary reviews, daily reviews, and handovers.
Undertake surveys and audits.
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