Nursing Assistant
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Job summary
As a Nursing Assistant, you'll be at the heart of patient care. Join our team on Pine Ward, which is a 20 bedded adult acute mental health mixed ward based at Hartley Hospital, Southport.
You'll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, working closely with nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding person-centred care. Together, we create a supportive environment where each team member's contributions are valued.
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 difference, we want to hear from you.
Experience of working in a care setting is essential.
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 challenging situations.
On our wards we encourage staff to gain further knowledge by enriching their skills through the opportunity to enrol on many of our development and training courses.
Main duties of the job
You will support the clinical team in the delivery of a high standard of care by assisting with and carrying out a range of duties as directed by registered staff. This will be in line with individual care and treatment plans for patients and service users.
You will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users and their carers ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.
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.
Details
Date posted
20 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MHC6879885
Job locations
Hartley Hospital
1B Curzon Road
Southport
PR8 6PL
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hartley Hospital
1B Curzon Road
Southport
PR8 6PL
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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