Nursing Assistant - Warrington & Halton

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Nursing Assistants to join a number of our services across multiple sites. This is a rewarding opportunity to work alongside experienced healthcare professionals, supporting people with their recovery and helping them achieve the best possible outcomes

As a Nursing Assistant, you will be a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, person-centred care to patients. You will support patients with their daily activities, promote independence, and help maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.

NVQ in Health and Social Care and/or experience of working in a care environment is essential.

There will be an assessment stage prior to interviews on 9 November 2026, with those passing successfully invited to attend an interview on 27 November 2026.

A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is not available for this vacancy. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to maintain this throughout their employment if appointed.

You will 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. This will be in line with individual care and treatment plans for patients and service users.

You will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users and their carers ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.

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.

This clinical division provides mental health, brain injury and addiction services in different areas across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Warrington.

Posts for this event will be for the following Wards:

Sheridan Ward, Hollins Park Hospital - Female

Kingsley Ward, Hollins Park Hospital - Older Adults

Fern Ward, Leigh Moss Hospital - Older Adults

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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 [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children’s & Young People services to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £15 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 [email protected]) 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.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

The Trust uses TrustID digital identity verification, including facial matching technology, to confirm that identity documents belong to the individual attending interview and commencing employment.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

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