Job summary

As a nursing assistant, you will play a key role in delivering high quality care to service users within our adult mental health inpatient services.

We have opportunities based at:

• Hollins Park Hospital, Warrington
• The Brooker Centre, Runcorn
• Mossley Hill Hospital, Liverpool
• Clock View Hospital, Liverpool
• Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre, Whiston
• Peasley Cross Hospital, St Helens
• Hartley Hospital, Southport

Working under the guidance of registered practitioners, you will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person centred care. You'll be a vital part of our vision to lead the way in perfect, whole person care that helps people of all ages live healthier lives.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, they are:

• Continuous improvement
• Accountability
• Respect
• Enthusiasm
• Support

If you share our values and want to be part of a team that makes a real different, we want to hear from you.

Experience of working in a care setting is essential.

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 registered staff.
• To report to the registered staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users activities and leisure, 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.

About us

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.