About this role
Job summary
Due to a genuine occupational requirement, this role is currently restricted to male applicants.
This vacancy is for full time positions.
Looking for a meaningful career where you can truly make a difference? If you have transferable skills but no prior healthcare experience, we want to hear from you.
No healthcare experience? No problem. We provide comprehensive training to give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to thrive in this role. This training is mandatory and forms a vital part of your development journey. This role will be paid atBand 2 until all required competencies are successfully completed.
The division delivers specialist secure mental health and learning disability services across low, medium, and high secure settings. We support individuals with complex needs, including those with a diagnosis of mental illness, personality disorders, learning disabilities, or autism, providing care in environments designed to ensure both safety and therapeutic progress.
A recruitment and retention premia (£600 - £4034) is available for roles in Secure Care dependant on allocations. Allocations are determined by the service; premia will reflect service allocation.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.
Interested in finding out more? Join one of our optional online information sessions to learn more about the role and our services. Attendance is optional and you only need to attend one session.
Monday 16th November 13:00 - 14:00
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be able to demonstrate Maths, English and computer skills.
- Agreement to complete the Care Certificate within the first 12 weeks of employment.
Experience
Essential
- In the absence of, experience working in a care setting providing direct patient care, the candidate must be able to demonstrate in both application and interview significant life experience, a willingness to learn and a high set of transferable skills that will support them within this role.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to demonstrate a non- judgemental attitude.
- Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
- Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff.
Values
Essential
- Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
- Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care.
- Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way.
- Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
- Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Secure Care Division
Merseyside
L31 1HW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)