Main area: Mental health - Bank Grade: Band 3
Contract: Bank Hours: Flexible working - 0 hours per week (As and When Required)
Job ref: 350-MHCBANK6855439
Site: V7 Building, Town: Prescot
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/12/2024 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 are currently recruiting caring, compassionate Bank Health Care Support Workers to support our patients and service users within our Inpatient Mental Health Services.
We are keen to receive applications from experienced Health Care Assistants, who are considerate, supportive individuals who listen and care.
Our Bank is a register of healthcare professionals, who support the clinical teams across the Trust, providing short term adhoc cover during times of short staffing or increased clinical commitments.
As a bank worker, you will be able to undertake work assignments within a comprehensive range of mental health services.
Successful applicants will receive good rates of pay, work within a highly supportive environment and be able to work a variety of shifts, predominantly early and late shift patterns.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, the post holder will implement a range of individual and group activities. The post holder will be required to use their initiative when working independently on the wards and are expected to report any clinical progress or change to a qualified practitioner.
The post holder will work to assist with the continuity of care for service users on their journey through the acute service.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.
The post holder will carry out assigned tasks involving direct/indirect service user care and support service users under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
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 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
Under the direction of a qualified practitioner, participate in the delivery of planned care within inpatient environments. The post holder will undertake a range of duties which include:
* Assist in the development of personal care skills.
* Assist and support in self-help, communication and social skills acquisition.
* Assist and promote independence with activities of daily living.
* Contribute to service users' recovery by assisting them to participate in social, vocational, recreational and leisure activities within the appropriate setting.
* Assist in the implementation of specific care programmes and therapies under the supervision of qualified staff.
* Be committed to continued development.
* Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
* Ensure appropriate records are kept under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
* Assist in the involvement of service users and carers/relatives in the delivery of care.
* Contribute to providing support to service users, carers and family.
* Work collaboratively with the care team to ensure service users' needs are met.
* Assist and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
* Provide escort for service users and assist in the transfer of service users as directed.
* Assist in the development of services.
* Assist in the effective and efficient use of resources.
* Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.
* Report any concern regarding service users to a qualified practitioner.
* Contribute to service improvement initiatives to enhance quality.
* Assist in service user and public involvement activities.
* Support individuals’ equality, diversity and rights.
* Participate in Serious Incident Investigations/Reviews as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience within a care setting.
Knowledge/ Experience
* Experience of working with service users with mental health problems.
* Knowledge of Recovery model.
* An understanding of the organisation of nursing care.
* Basic awareness of the Mental Health Act.
* Safeguarding children/vulnerable adults guidelines.
* Overview and knowledge of acute mental health related issues.
Skills
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with service users of varying levels of understanding.
* Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate.
* Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the healthcare setting.
* Venepuncture training.
* First Aid.
* CPR training.
Values
* Accountability.
* Support.
* High professional standards.
* Responsive to service users.
* Engaging leadership style.
* Transparency and honesty.
* Discreet.
* Change oriented.
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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. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
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.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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