Bank Contractor Escort

Job description

Job responsibilities

Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.

Role model the values of the Trust Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness and Enthusiasm in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders

Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.

Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a report about that provision has been made.

Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.

Maintain their specific knowledge base and develop new skills.

Value the contribution of the patient / service user voice.

Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.

Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.

Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was intended.

Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.

Adhere to all organisational policies.

Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to maintain their efficiency and also how technology can empower service users in a digital environment

Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out for NHS employees.

Person Specification

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working to laid down procedures in a structured setting.
• Experience of team working.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to working as apart of a team.
• Willingness to receive training and to support the training of new staff.

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

Essential

• Good communication skills to be able to provide information requiring tact and persuasion.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to analyse situations and take appropriate action
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to organise own work and that of others
• Ability to follow instruction and policies.
• Demonstrate the ability to be assertive.
• Ability to carry out manual and driving tasks.
• Able to use a computer for data entry and simple data processing and communication tasks
• The ability to travel across sites in the course of performing duties

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

Maghull Health Park - Bank

Maghull

L31 1HW

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)