Assistant Practitioner

The team have an office base in Indigo building at Maghull Health Park but you will be required to travel to other health and prison sites to deliver the service.

Experience of working with patients / clients within a secure care facility is a requirement of the post holder.

You will provide clinical input and intervention to a range of patients and prisoners, this will be done under the supervision of a qualified Prison Pathway Practitioner. There will be a focus on health promotion, coping strategies and transitional support.

You will be joining a dedicated team with team members having high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.

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.

Qualifications

Essential: - Foundation Degree or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience

Knowledge

Essential: - Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health; - Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies

Experience

Desirable: - Knowledge of developing self care skills in patients/clients

Skills

Essential: - Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills; - Ability to travel to different sites, for work purposes; - Risk Assessment