Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Health Care Assistant
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Financial incentives of £3000 per annum attached to this post paid over 12 monthly instalments.
About the Role
To provide support to the Physical health team within the secure Health Centre and administration staff. To work unsupervised when performing investigations both within the Health Centre and at ward level. To assist with escort duties, internally and externally for both patients and visitors.
About the Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical health, addiction services and learning disability care.
Service users receiving a high quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.
Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers
The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.
Key Responsibilities
- To be able to respond appropriately to emergency situations.
- To competently perform venepuncture / ECG’s within the Health Centre and at ward level as directed by the requesting clinicians.
- To operate the radio communications set when required and be conversant with hospital radio network procedures.
- To undertake full control and restraint training, manage situations of actual and potential C&R issues using either approved C&R techniques or verbal de-escalation skills.
- To demonstrate excellent interpersonal communications skills to communicate factual information to patients to overcome barriers to understanding.
- To work collaboratively, sharing knowledge and experience with peers to provide support through teamwork. Participate in regular team meetings.
- To demonstrate appropriate skills to deal with patients with challenging behaviour. Be able to adapt to the unpredictable demands of the patient and the needs of the service.
- To assist with therapeutic monitoring of all relevant medication, being aware of data information system.
- To be aware of patients’ well-being, taking into account mental, physical, security and potential violent issues, reporting any concerns to the nurse in charge.
- To maintain responsibility for the Health & Safety aspects of the environment for self, colleagues and visitors.
- To maintain quality control checks of all equipment within the Health Centre.
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About Mersey Care
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.
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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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Emma Meadwell / Leanne Shaw
- Job title: ACP / Nurse Practitioner
- Email address: Leanne.Shaw2@merseycare.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0151 472 4567
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