Health Care Assistant
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Maghull, L311HW
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
3 days left
Job description
Financial incentives of £3000 per annum attached to this post paid over 12 monthly instalments. To provide support to the Physical health team within ...
To demonstrate excellent interpersonal communications skills to communicate factual information to patients to overcome barriers to understanding.
To work collaboratively, sharing knowledge and experience with peers to provide support through teamwork. Participate in regular team meetings.
To demonstrate appropriate skills to deal with patients with challenging behaviour. Be able to adapt to the unpredictable demands of the patient and the needs of the service.
To assist with therapeutic monitoring of all relevant medication, being aware of data information system.
To be aware of patients' well-being, taking into account mental, physical, security and potential violent issues, reporting any concerns to the nurse in charge.
To maintain responsibility for the Health & Safety aspects of the environment for self, colleagues and visitors.
To maintain quality control checks of all equipment within the Health Centre.
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
- NVQ level 2 in care or demonstrate equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Evidence of studying for NVQ Level 3 in care or other relevant skills/academic based course or working towards this.
Experience
Essential
- Experience / knowledge of working within a high secure environment and mental health problems
Desirable
- Previous experience of phlebotomy, ECG recording and administrative work
- Smoking cessation trained.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to relate positively to people and to work within a changing and challenging environment
- Ability to work well within a team
- Willingness to maintain / develop skills and knowledge.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience / knowledge of working within a high secure environment and mental health problems
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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