Nursing Assistant (Psychiatric Intensive Care)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced nursing assistant? Have you moved on from inpatient care but miss it? Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?

Come and join our fabulous team on Newton Ward Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Clock View Hospital.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend our recruitment event onSaturday 9 March 2024. You'll have the opportunity to talk to our teams, get a feel for who we are, find out what we can offer you at our Trust, and be interviewed.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested and committed to delivering excellent service user care within a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment.

Newton ward is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated staff team who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.

The range of skills you can learn and develop is expansive and varied. Working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative, and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.

On Newton ward we encourage staff to gain further knowledge by enriching their skills through the opportunity to enrol on many of our development, leadership and training courses.

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.

Date posted

12 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-HCA6062394

Job locations

Clock View

2A Oakhouse Park

Liverpool

L9 1EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the job description for detailed responsibilities.

Newton Ward currently supports all wards across the Sefton, Liverpool and Kirkby footprint and of recent now provides psychiatric intensive care services to the whole of the Mental Health Division.

Newton Ward is 12 bedded mixed ward based at Clock View Hospital that provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to service users, who are experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.

To maximise service user recovery, the team works in a trauma informed way. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining patient safety.

Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our psychiatric intensive care environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the job description for detailed responsibilities.

Newton Ward currently supports all wards across the Sefton, Liverpool and Kirkby footprint and of recent now provides psychiatric intensive care services to the whole of the Mental Health Division.

To maximise service user recovery, the team works in a trauma informed way. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining patient safety.

Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our psychiatric intensive care environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Care Certificate
H & SC Level 2

Experience

Essential

Experience working in a care setting

Knowledge

Essential

Able to communicate effectively.
Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
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.
Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care

Values

Essential

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respect
Enthusiasm
Support

Skills

Essential

Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Care Certificate
H & SC Level 2

Experience

Essential

Experience working in a care setting

Knowledge

Essential

Able to communicate effectively.
Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
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.
Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care

Values

Essential

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respect
Enthusiasm
Support

Skills

Essential

Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff

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.