Nursing Assistant - Secure Care Division
Band 3
Main area: Forensic Mental Health
Grade: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part 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. Part time available depending on service needs)
Job ref: 350-MHC6286359-A-D
Site: Hollins Park
Town: Liverpool/Warrington
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum Pro Rata
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 take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job Overview
We are holding an exciting recruitment event for Nursing Assistants (Male Only) for our service across all of Secure Services. This is the perfect opportunity for those who have experience of working within a mental health setting and want to expand on their skills by working for a service that provides forensic and secure mental health services.
***Due to a genuine occupational need, we are only recruiting for Male Only applicants****
Main Duties of the Job
1. To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.
2. To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users, including details of mental state and risk factors.
3. 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.
Working for Our Organisation
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. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, including specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services.
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.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
1. To coordinate the assessment and delivery of a planned programme of care with guidance and indirect supervision from a qualified practitioner.
2. To assist with activities of daily living, social, recreational, and occupational activities as agreed in the service user care plan.
3. To report general observations and provide feedback to a qualified practitioner both verbally and in written formats, if required.
4. To contribute to the effective running of the service by providing and receiving information to/from other departments or services.
5. To assist service users with self-administration of oral medication and ensure any concerns/issues about medication are reported back to a qualified practitioner.
6. To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health needs.
7. To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service users in the community (where appropriate).
8. To carry out specific duties that contribute to the assessment of service users as requested by a qualified practitioner.
9. To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary (where appropriate).
10. To use skills and techniques to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive.
11. To carry out observations and inform the Registered Nurse of any concerns.
12. To contribute to the development of risk management plans for service users by reporting any issues or concerns regarding service users' behavior/actions.
13. To respond to the changing needs of service users.
14. To control the assessments of implemented individual service users' care plans.
15. To undertake and understand the support of observations as per policy tbc (Levels 1- 4).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Care Certificate
* Phlebotomy trained
* Physical Health competency basic passport
* MEWS
* Level 2 Smoking Cessation
Knowledge/Experience
* Able to communicate effectively
* Understanding of issues of confidentiality
* Ability to work as a member of a team
* Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude
* Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner
* Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care
* Experience working in a care setting
* Good standard of education
* Qualification in craft, domestic skills, leisure or health equivalent to City & Guild Part 1, or 2 years experience working in a health setting.
* Experience with individuals with mental health problems or personal lived experience of mental health problems.
Values
* Accountability
* Respect
* Support
Skills
* Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff
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