Main area: Mental Health
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Full time: 37.5 hours
Job ref: 350-MHC6870613
Site: Iris Ward, St Helens
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/01/2025 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 believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
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. 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. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
We are currently recruiting for Nursing Assistants in St Helens. This is the perfect opportunity for those who live local to the services who are looking to expand on their skills by working for a service that provides a safe and comfortable environment for service users. Iris Ward provides mental health inpatient services to female adults with severe mental health problems such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. Main duties of the job
To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff. To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users, providing details of mental state and risk factors. 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 and 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
Under the direction of the qualified practitioner, participate in the delivery of planned care for allocated service users. The post holder will undertake a range of assigned duties which include: Assist in the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual care of service users under the supervision of a registered nurse. Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated. Help with the involvement of service users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care. Assist in providing care and support to service users with a range of personal needs. Complete physical observations and report the results. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent medical and psychiatric emergency situations. Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills when interacting with service users. Report appropriate observations and any concerns regarding service user care to the qualified practitioner. Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner. Person specification
Knowledge
Able to communicate effectively Understanding of issues of confidentiality Ability to work as a member of a team Ability to demonstrate a non-judgmental attitude Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care Values
Accountability Support Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Skills
Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff Qualifications
Care Certificate Health & Social Care Level 2 Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. 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.
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We are currently recruiting for Nursing Assistants in St Helens. This is the perfect opportunity for those who live local to the services who are looking to expand on their skills by working for a service that provides a safe and comfortable environment for service users. Iris Ward provides mental health inpatient services to female adults with severe mental health problems such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. Main duties of the job
To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff. To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users, providing details of mental state and risk factors. 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 and 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
Under the direction of the qualified practitioner, participate in the delivery of planned care for allocated service users. The post holder will undertake a range of assigned duties which include: Assist in the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual care of service users under the supervision of a registered nurse. Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated. Help with the involvement of service users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care. Assist in providing care and support to service users with a range of personal needs. Complete physical observations and report the results. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent medical and psychiatric emergency situations. Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills when interacting with service users. Report appropriate observations and any concerns regarding service user care to the qualified practitioner. Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner. Person specification
Knowledge
Able to communicate effectively Understanding of issues of confidentiality Ability to work as a member of a team Ability to demonstrate a non-judgmental attitude Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care Values
Accountability Support Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Skills
Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff Qualifications
Care Certificate Health & Social Care Level 2 Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. 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.
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